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Rest on your laures

Hi. I don't want to ask what does it mean -- we have exactly the same idiom in Polish. What I want to ask is whether this idiom is still often used and is not considered outdated. May it be used in formal language, or just in casual conversation?
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Re: Rest on your laures

Laurels - common in all contexts/registers.

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Re: Rest on your laures

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Hi. I don't want to ask what does it mean
Nyggus

Hello

Something hurts my eyes a bit:
I don't want to ask what (does) it means
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/312.html

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Re: Rest on your laures

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Hello
Something hurts my eyes a bit:
I don't want to ask what (does) it means
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/312.html

Classic... Thanks!

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