under one's belt

under (one's) belt

1. In one's scope of experience. Once you get a few more major league games under your belt, you'll feel more comfortable.

2. Ingested or consumed. He should be less cranky after he gets some food under his belt.

under one's belt

Experienced or achieved, as in Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize. This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]

under one's belt

A successful past experience. The term alludes to food that has been consumed, likening it to experience that has been digested. P. G. Wodehouse used it figuratively (Encounter, 1954): “Just as you have got Hamlet and Macbeth under your belt.”

词组	under one's belt
释义	under one's belt under (one's) belt 1. In one's scope of experience. Once you get a few more major league games under your belt, you'll feel more comfortable. 2. Ingested or consumed. He should be less cranky after he gets some food under his belt. See also: belt Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. under one's belt Experienced or achieved, as in Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize. This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s] See also: belt The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. under one's belt A successful past experience. The term alludes to food that has been consumed, likening it to experience that has been digested. P. G. Wodehouse used it figuratively (Encounter, 1954): “Just as you have got Hamlet and Macbeth under your belt.” See also: belt The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: under (one's) belt under belt under your belt (one's) day in court be in a world of (one's) own be, live, etc. in a world of your own get into a world of (one's) own in (one's) own (little) world in one's own world live in a world of (one's) own
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