吃太平饭

吃太平饭

Literally means:

eat one's peaceful meals

Actually means:

live a stable life

It figuratively means living risk-free, carefree, peaceful and ordinary life or feeling satisfied with such life.

It implies criticism to people who cling to the status for the sake of stability, being too lazy to make efforts and moreover unwilling to risk for further development. Sometimes derogatory.

比喻过着没有风险，不必操心的安定而平凡的生活，或满足于这种处境。

含有批评当事人为求安稳而坚持现状，不肯费心费力，更不愿冒风险去求进一步发展的意思。有时含贬义。