| 词组 | under one's belt |
| 释义 | under (one's) belt1. 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 beltExperienced 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 beltA 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.” |
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