be idle and profit by others’toil; do nothing but get everything; eat the bread of idleness; enjoy the fruits of other people’s labour; gain results without working for them; gain without exertions (/working); get without any labour; live off the labour of others; make an omelet without breaking eggs;obtain without effort; profit from work done by others;profit by the fruits of other people’s toil; reap without sowing; reap where (/what) one has not sown; make gains without doing any work; take possession of things without working for them; unearned gains; windfall gains; win success at an easy rate ❍ ～正是他们的本性。Gaining without working is their very nature. ❍ 我蔑视那些靠遗产生活的人，我蔑视那些～的人。(巴金《谈〈憩园〉》) I despise those who live on legacies and those who live off the labour of others.
不劳而获
reap without sowing;profit by others'toil
不劳而获bù láo ér huò
自己不劳动而占有他人的劳动成果。No pains no gains. profit by other’s toil, reap without sowing, unearned gain, gain without working, eat the bread of idleness