“Rest on one's laurels”in other languages
Stop trying because of past success.
English
French
Italian
Same idea, different pictures
English, French and Italian rest on the laurel wreath that crowned winners in ancient Greece and Rome: se reposer sur ses lauriers, adagiarsi sugli allori.
French also has les délices de Capoue, the delights of Capua. After his great victory at Cannae in 216 BC, Hannibal wintered his army in the comfortable city of Capua, and Roman historians blamed its luxuries for softening his troops.
More sayings in other languages
- Without rhyme or reason
- Go around the houses
- Rub salt in the wound
- Sell someone a bill of goods
- Send someone packing
- Set one's sights on something
- Shoot oneself in the foot
- Have a short fuse
- Shoulder to shoulder