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
Filipe	fee-LEEP, fee-LEE-pə	Portuguese
Eric	ER-ik (English)	English, Swedish, German, Spanish
Jeni	JEN-ee	English (Modern)
Dorean	-	English
Rhydderch	HRUDH-erkh	Welsh
Zandra	['zændrə]