laurel
bay.
Herbs covered in the book are lemon balm, sweet basil, bay, chamomile, chive, dill, geraniums, hyssop, lavender, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, pennyroyal, peppermint, rosemary, sage, savory, tarragon, thyme, and lemon verbena.
dormirse en los laureles
indulge in + complacency
complacent
rest on + Posesivo + laurels
sit on + Posesivo + laurels
lie on + Posesivo + oars
rest on + Posesivo + oars
Librarians should not indulge in complacency in the wake of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to impose any VAT on books for the duration of the present parliament.
Children's librarians must develop their work and not become complacent = Los bibliotecarios encargados de las secciones infantiles deben continuar desarrollando su trabajo y no dormirse en los laureles.
The article 'Not resting on its laurels' provides a background to the work of Federal Express, a package delivery company awarded the 1990 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.
The underlying problem is that Bowker has been sitting on its laurels after being one of the pioneers of putting a seemingly well known printed reference source on CD-ROM.
But that is no reason for lying on our oars and refusing to see that our service is full of absurdities and mistakes.
While we can be proud of what we have achieved I believe resting on our oars is a sure recipe for failure.
hoja de laurel
bay leaf
Whole bay leaves are often added to dishes while they are cooking and then removed before serving.
laureles [Usado en plural con este sentido]
laurels
kudos
There is a need to give credit to all involved in the development of quality products thus sharing the laurels.
Authors who succeed in this category are people who do not worry too much about the lack of literary kudos, but who can write, and seem to enjoy writing, fairly simple stories for a wide audience whose pure enjoyment of the books is sufficient.
