C2idiomsuccessIELTS-friendly
rest on your laurels
USUK
to stop trying because you are satisfied with what you have already achieved
Usually negative: 'don't rest on your laurels', 'we can't afford to rest on our laurels'. Like Vietnamese 'ngủ quên trên chiến thắng'.
In context
You got a great IELTS score, but don't rest on your laurels; keep reading in English.
The company rested on its laurels for too long, and younger rivals took its customers.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a long shotan attempt or guess that has very little chance of success
- a Pyrrhic victorya win that costs so much that it is hardly worth winning
- against all oddsalthough success seemed very unlikely
- back to square oneback at the start, because an earlier attempt has failed