«LOOK TO ONE'S LAURELS» தொடர்புடைய ஆங்கிலம் புத்தகங்கள்
பின்வரும் புத்தக விவரத்தொகுப்புத் தேர்ந்தெடுப்பில்
look to one's laurels இன் பயன்பாட்டைக் கண்டறியுங்கள்.
look to one's laurels தொடர்பான புத்தகங்கள் மற்றும் ஆங்கிலம் இலக்கியத்தில் அதன் பயன்பாட்டுச் சூழலை வழங்குவதற்கு அதிலிருந்து பெறப்பட்ட சுருக்கமான சாரங்களைத் தொடர்புபடுத்துகின்றன.
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Cartoon-illustrated Metaphors: Idioms, Proverbs, Cliches, ...
... accomplishments as a way to avoid further exertion required for advancement *
* to be content with one's success // to be no longer ambitious — to rest on their
laurels and rake in the gold — rest up on one's laurels — to look to one's laurels !
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
The expression look to one's laurels means 'to be careful to maintain one's
favoured position by guarding against attempts by others to do better' : If he wants
to come first again in the race this year then he'd better look to his laurels and
train ...
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The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions
By extension to rest on one's laurels means to rely on past successes rather than
trying to achieve new ones and to look to one's laurels means to need to make a
new effort to maintain one's lead over others.“'I never heard your Grace / So ...
Martin H. Manser, David Pickering, 2003
... side of their faces when they were stopped for speeding on the motorway.
laugh up one's sleeve see sleeve. no laughing matter a very serious matter: To
have mumps at forty-five is no laughing matter. laurel look to one's laurels to be
careful ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... side of their faces when they were stopped for speeding on the motorway.
laugh up one's sleeve see sleeve. no laughing matter a very serious matter: To
have mumps at forty-five is no laughing matter. laurel look to one's laurels to be
careful ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Communicating Myths of the Golden Age Comedia
... laurels," "rest on one's laurels," and "dormirse en los laureles" [sleep on one's
laurels], attest to the enduring symbolism of the tree as a sign of victory.2 Perhaps
the idiomatic expression that best describes El laurel is "look to one's laurels.
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
races or competitions etc. look to one's laurels to he careful not to los*1 a position
or reputation due to better performances etc by others: If you want to win the race
you had better look to your laurels and start training. rest on one's laurels to ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[14c: from Latin laurus] ♢ look to one's laurels to beware of losing one's reputation
by being outclassed, rest on one's laurels to be satisfied with one's past
successes and so not bother to achieve anything more. lav > n, colloq short form
of ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
3 (laurels) honour; praise. • look to one's laurels to beware of losing one's
reputation by being outclassed. • rest on one's laurels to be satisfied with one's
past successes and so not bother to achieve anything more. © 14c: from Latin
laurus.
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General Knowledge of English Literature
To look to one's laurels—to be awareofa new challenge to one's supremacy. To
rest on one's laurels—tobe content withpast achievements without making any
further effort. To bark up the wrong tree—toaccuse or blame the wrong person.
E.g. ...
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