While the ground is under your feet, sell your goods / Hasten to do everything in its proper time
While the ground is under your feet, sell your goods. Figuratively: hurry to accomplish everything at its proper time.
("The world says to you: While the ground is under your feet, sell your goods" – Pesachim 109a)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַדְּחָלָא אַכַּרְעָיךָ — זְבִינָךְ זַבֵּין
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּעוֹד הַחוֹל עַל רַגְלֶיךָ מְכֹר אֶת סְחוֹרָתְךָ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִזְדָּרֵז לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל דָּבָר בְּזְרִיזוּת.
("תָּא אַגְמְרָךְ מִלֵּי דְעָלְמָא: אַדְּחָלָא אַכַּרְעָיךָ זְבִינָךְ זַבֵּן" – פְּסָחִים קיג ע"א)