Tommy Tran
2021-02-05 11:02
Rest/sit on your laurels verb phrase
To be satisfied with what you have achieved in the past and stop making an effort to achieve anything else
Sooner or later, that company will go bankrupt if they keep sitting on their laurels.
It's time for you to start working again. You've rested on your laurels for too long.
If you rest on your laurels, you will fall behind others.
To lose one's vigour, vitality, hope, or determination
Used to say that someone is not working or producing anything
1. To make someone arrogant, especially because of fame or success
2. To make someone feel dizzy or tipsy
People who take a long time to do their task ultimately have less free time.
The verb "rest/sit" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase originated from ancient Greece, where laurel wreaths were symbols of victory and status.
The Greek God Apollo had an association with laurel due to the myth of Apollo's love for the nymph Daphne, who turned into a Bay tree just as Apollo approached her. Undeterred, Apollo embraced the tree, cut off a branch to wear as a wreath, and declared the plant sacred.
Their belief in the myth caused the Greeks to present laurel wreaths to winners in the Pythian Games, which were held at Delphi in honor of Apollo every four years from the 6th century BC.
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To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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