守株待兔

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(lit.) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
(lit.) to wait every day under a tree (in the hope that a hare kills itself by crashing into the tree trunk)
to wait for a windfall
sit back and wait
to wait idly for opportunities
to trust to chance rather than show initiative

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