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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Allana	ə-LAN-ə	English (Rare)
Maurits	MOW-rits	Dutch
Julian	JOO-lee-ən (English), JOOL-yən (English), YUWL-yahn (Polish), YOO-lee-ahn (German)	English, Polish, German
U-Jin	oo-jeen	Korean
DİLara	-	Turkish
ValÉRian	-	French