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resting on its laurels

  • 1 dormirse en los laureles

    figurado to rest on one's laurels
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    (v.) = indulge in + complacency, complacent, rest on + Posesivo + laurels, sit on + Posesivo + laurels, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. But that is no reason for lying on our oars and refusing to see that our service is full of absurdities and mistakes.
    Ex. While we can be proud of what we have achieved I believe resting on our oars is a sure recipe for failure.
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    (v.) = indulge in + complacency, complacent, rest on + Posesivo + laurels, sit on + Posesivo + laurels, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars

    Ex: 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.

    Ex: 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.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: But that is no reason for lying on our oars and refusing to see that our service is full of absurdities and mistakes.
    Ex: While we can be proud of what we have achieved I believe resting on our oars is a sure recipe for failure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dormirse en los laureles

  • 2 empresa de reparto de paquetes

    Ex. 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.
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    Ex: 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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empresa de reparto de paquetes

  • 3 ofrecer una introducción a

    (v.) = provide + a background to
    Ex. 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.
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    (v.) = provide + a background to

    Ex: 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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ofrecer una introducción a

  • 4 servir de introducción a

    (v.) = provide + a background to
    Ex. 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.
    * * *
    (v.) = provide + a background to

    Ex: 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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > servir de introducción a

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