Name: English Tutor Nick P Idioms (220) Get Out While the Going is Good
Uploaded: 2019-04-17T12:45:39.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 220. The idiom today is to get out

while the going is good or to get out while the going is still good. Sometimes

you might hear both ways. All right. Let's look at that the note here. If someone gets

out while the going is good. All right. We can also say the getting is good too. So

if someone gets out while the going or getting is good, decide to leave a

place or situation before conditions get worse or it becomes too difficult to

leave or too difficult to get out. Okay.  Let's take a look at several examples

here. We should sell our house now while the going is good . If we have an economic

crash, we may go through a housing slump that could last for many years. So if you

thought housing prices were still high enough you know, if you thought it was

near the top of the market or you thought housing prices were high enough

and you sensed that a major crash was coming , well you might want to get out

while the going is still good. If you have a huge crash like 2008 or worse

maybe you could spend a lot more years it may take years before the housing

market could recover or many years you never know depending on the size of the

crash. Okay let's look at number two here.  The price of that stock has really

gotten into bubble territory. Yeah . Anybody who's ever bought or sold

stocks you know this could happen to a particular stock and if you own that

stock well that is the time to sell.  Sometimes,  sometimes you let greed take

over and you think I'll just keep going higher and higher but sometimes you

should listen to a little voice in your head said you should get out while the

going is good. We should sell our shares while the going is good or while the

going is still good. Yeah. You know take your profit. Take your profit while you can.

All right good . And number three here.  Well this one's more about a place. These

two were more about situations. This one's more about a place. Many German

Jews sensed danger and got out of Germany

while the going was still good. Before World War two and before the Nazi Party

gained too much power.  Remember the Nazis they were actually

elected into power and you know Hitler he had a book that was called Mein Kampf ..

Mein Kampf I think,  and if you read it you would know a lot of things that you

know they they kind of had plans. So there were some famous people that got

out.  I know Albert Einstein got out while the going was still good. While, while

he still could leave.  Sigmund Freud left Austria while the going was still good.

Because they were both German Jews.  Both of them could have been in trouble and

they were there were a number of others who did they were they sensed the danger

and they got out while the going was good. There came a point where you

couldn't get out anymore or was almost too difficult to get out. So this is an

example that refers to like a place where you know you want to get out while

you still can get out,  before it gets too difficult to leave. Okay. Anyone,  I hope you

got it.  I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.