Translation of "rest on laurels" to French

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Dictionary translations for "rest on laurels"

rest on laurels verb

se reposer sur les lauriers

Contexts with "rest on laurels"

The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich. Le caractère oligarchique du Commonwealth anglais moderne ne repose pas, comme pour plusieurs oligarchies, sur la cruauté des riches envers les pauvres. Il ne repose pas même sur la générosité des riches envers les pauvres. Il repose sur l'éternelle et indéfectible générosité des pauvres envers les riches.

I'll be fine if I take a little rest. Ça ira si je me repose un peu.

The driver felt like taking a rest. Le chauffeur a eu envie de prendre du repos.

We had a rest in the shade. Nous nous sommes reposés à l'ombre.

Disillusion can become itself an illusion if we rest in it. La désillusion peut elle-même devenir illusion si nous nous y reposons.

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