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
Hagen (1)	HAH-gen	German, Germanic Mythology
Amnon	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Lacy	['leisi]
Panther	-	Ancient Greek
Ciro	CHEE-ro (Italian), THEE-ro (Spanish), SEE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Imogene	['imə.dʒi:n]