/dor-MIR-se en los lau-RE-les/
To rest on your laurels — getting too comfortable after past successes and stopping the effort. Whoever 'falls asleep on their laurels' loses what they earned through overconfidence.
Example
"Don't rest on your laurels — the competition never sleeps."
"He won the first year and then got complacent."
Regional synonyms:
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/dor-MIR-se en los lau-RE-les/
To rest on your laurels — getting too comfortable after past successes and stopping the effort. Whoever 'falls asleep on their laurels' loses what they earned through overconfidence.
Example
"Don't rest on your laurels — the competition never sleeps."
"He won the first year and then got complacent."
Regional synonyms: