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
Sylvaine	seel-VEN	French
Steenie	-	Scottish
Elene	-	Georgian
Tiamat	TEE-ə-maht (English), TYAH-maht (English)	Near Eastern Mythology
Synne	-	Norwegian
Mu'tamid	-	Arabic