rest on your laurels meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to rest on your laurels" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Resting on your laurels can cause you to become complacent and lose your advantage.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

In the negative imperative:

"Don't rest on your laurels!"

 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

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Bernie had been having some trouble with poor grades in his university classes until he pulled up his socks and got his act together.  Now, Bernie is enjoying very good grades because he has been studying very hard.

What will happen if Bernie rests on his laurels?

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

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Michelle is a salesperson.  She has just made a $1,000,000 commission on a successful sale.  Michelle accomplished this by working very hard and pounding the pavement.  She made many calls and had many meetings and created many presentations in order to make this sale.

If Michelle does not continue with her hard work and just rests on her laurels, will she make another successful sale?

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

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"to rest on your laurels"

to rely upon past achievements and successes and not continue to work to achieve new things or new successes
 

Synonyms:
deferral, depression, doldrums, dormancy, ennui, fecklessness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, in-inertia, inertness, lassitude, lethargy, passivity, quietude, stagnation, stasis, suspension
 
 

 

This fellow is literally resting on his laurels. - - - - ->