"Quit while she's ahead" nghĩa là gì?

Một số nhà đầu tư rất may đã bỏ nghề khi còn đang phất trước khi thị trường BĐS sụp đổ.

Động từ to quit có nghĩa là ngừng, nghỉ, hay từ bỏ. 'Quit while one’s ahead' có nghĩa là ngưng lại khi mình đã thành công hoặc là dừng tìm cách cải thiện một điều gì đã đạt được.

Ví dụ
“When I was a kid, my dad told me a story about how he had just gotten a paycheck when his friends convinced him to go to a casino. He had been doing very well at the poker table, but then... Well, he didn’t quit while he was ahead (dừng lại khi đang thắng). He ended up walking home with empty pockets (thua sạch túi) and struggled (chật vật) to pay bills for the next month! Now you know why gambling has never been one of my hobbies.”

“I’ve got a neighbor who made a fortune when she’d flip houses. To FLIP a house is to buy an old property, fix it up, and then sell it for a profit. That’s what she did for years in Florida. One day, however, she felt she’d done well enough (cảm thấy kiếm kha khá) and got out of the business. She was smart to have quit while she was ahead (bỏ nghề khi còn đang phất); a year later the market collapsed.”

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Số người bị đột quỵ tăng ảnh hưởng đến thị trường BĐS?
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