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.