look to one's laurels

Protect one's preeminent reputation or position, especially against a threat of being surpassed. For example, Your opponent's done very well in the practice, so you'd better look to your laurels in the actual game . This idiom alludes to laurels as the traditional material for making a victor's crown. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Brynhildur	-	Icelandic
Jaime (1)	HIE-me (Spanish), ZHIEM (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Krzysiek	-	Polish
TadhgÁN	-	Irish
Hoffman	['hɔ:fmən]
RozĀLija	-	Latvian