不劳而获 meaning in English
get without any labor [exertions]; an unearned income; be idle and profit by other's toil; gain [make gains] without doing any work; gain results without working for them; make an omelet without breaking eggs; reap where one has not sown; reap without sowing; profit by other people's toil; reap what one has not sown; sit idle and rake in a profit
Examples
- "get something for nothing," was his mission in life .
“不劳而获”是他毕生的目标。 - Nobody gets something for nothing in the reading game .
在此项阅读竞赛中，没有人能不劳而获。 - Those "shameless" people who choose to live in unearned idleness have a good conscience too .
那些乐意过不劳而获的悠闲岁月的“无耻”之徒也心安理得。 - Nothing is to be gotten without pains but poverty
世上惟有贫穷可以不劳而获。 - Nothing to be got without pains but poverty
只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。