LIE ON ONE'S OARS


Meaning of LIE ON ONE'S OARS in English

phrasal

or lie on the oars or rest on one's oars or rest on the oars

1. : to take the position of oars

2. : to cease effort : take it easy : rest , relax

had not been content entirely to rest on his oars during that ten days — F.W.Crofts

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.