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rest/sit on your laurels — to be satisfied with past success and do nothing to achieve further success Although she won the championship, she isn t resting on her laurels. She is training hard to become even better next year. • • • Main Entry: ↑laurel … Useful english dictionary
rest on your laurels — phrase to be satisfied with your achievements and do nothing to achieve more Far from resting on his laurels, multi millionaire Montgomerie wants more. Thesaurus: to rest, relax or do nothingsynonym Main entry: laurel * * * rest on your laurels… … Useful english dictionary
lau·rel — /ˈlorəl/ noun, pl rels 1 [count, noncount] : an evergreen tree or bush with shiny pointed leaves laurel leaves wearing a crown/wreath of laurel [=a crown/wreath made from laurel leaves that was awarded and worn around the head as a symbol of… … Useful english dictionary
laurel — laur|el [ˈlɔrəl US ˈlo: , ˈla: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: lorier, from lor laurel , from Latin laurus] 1.) [U and C] a small tree with smooth shiny dark green leaves that do not fall in winter 2.) rest/sit on your laurels to be… … Dictionary of contemporary English
laurel — noun 1 (C, U) a small tree with smooth shiny dark green leaves that do not fall in winter 2 rest/sit on your laurels to be satisfied with what you have achieved and therefore stop trying to achieve anything new 3 look to your laurels to work hard … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rest — rest1 W1S1 [rest] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 the rest 2¦(relaxing)¦ 3 put/set somebody s mind at rest 4 come to rest 5 give it a rest 6 give something a rest 7 at rest 8 and all the rest of it 9 and the rest 10 lay/put something … Dictionary of contemporary English
rest — 1 /rest/ noun 1 the rest what is left after everything else has been used, dealt with, killed etc: I got half way through reciting the poem and couldn t remember the rest. | At least four of the enemy were killed and the rest fled. (+ of): He ll… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Wild Side Story — Logo for 2001 Stockholm run with silhouette from 1973 and drawing from 1976 Wild Side Story is a stage show[1] that originated as an underground happening in Miami Beach, Florida in 1973. From that year until t … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Carnacki — Infobox character colour = #DEDEE2 name = Thomas Carnacki caption = A portrait by Florence Briscoe from the title logo that accompanied the first five Carnacki stories in The Idler, 1910. first = last = cause = creator = William Hope Hodgson… … Wikipedia
