sit on one's laurels
Stop after succeeding
To sit on one's laurels is to rest on past achievements rather than pursuing further success.
The phrase suggests complacency—someone satisfied with what they've already accomplished: After winning the championship, the team sat on their laurels and had a losing season.
Laurels were wreaths awarded to victors in ancient Greece.
- successFavorable outcome attained
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- take it easyAdvice to relax
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
inertia · passivity · self-satisfaction · honor · lethargy · award · ride the wave · play it safe · coast · victory · former champion · accolade · complacency · idleness · mediocrity · one-hit wonder · apathy · stop trying
sit on one's laurelskeep pushing
Sustain effort forward
raise the bar · stay hungry · up one's game · double down · press on
sit on one's laurelshustle
Energetic, aggressive action
grind · be ambitious · overachieve · give one's all · burn the midnight oil
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