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rest on your laurels
idiom
to be satisfied with your achievements and not to make an effort to do anything else: 满足于既得成就;吃老本;不求进步
Just because you've got your degree doesn't mean you can rest on your laurels.你不能仅仅因为得了个学位就心满意足裹足不前了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Satisfied and complacent
at one with the worldidiom
be on to a good thingidiom
complacency
complacent
complacently
nicely
pride
rewardingly
sate
sated
self-content
self-contented
self-contentedly
self-fulfilled
self-fulfilment
this is the life!idiom
triumphalism
undiscouraged
unenvious
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rest on your laurels | American Dictionary
rest on your laurels
idiom
to feel comfortable because you have been successful in the past:
The company can't just sit back and rest on its laurels – we have to move on to something new.
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