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idiom. Add to word list. to have learned or succeeded in something that might be an advantage in the future: Basic computer skills are a good thing to have under your belt. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Success and achievements. a feather in your cap idiom. accomplishment. achievement test. ascension. ascent. belt. boom. feat.
Idiom: under one’s belt Meaning. Idiom: (get/have) under one’s belt. having achieved or mastered something important or useful; having the experience of doing something; Example sentences — I felt a lot more confident after I got a year of teaching under my belt.
idiom. Add to word list. Add to word list. learned or succeeded in, and now a part of your experience: Now that you’ve got the required courses under your belt, you can take some electives.
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1. Fig. eaten or drunk and in one's stomach. (Fig. on the image of swallowed food ending up under one's belt. *Typically: get something ~; have something ~.) I need to have something filling under my belt. I've had it with just soup. I want to get a nice juicy steak under my belt. 2. Fig. achieved; counted or scored.
The literal meaning of having something under your belt is having it in your stomach, but it’s probably more frequently used figuratively, to mean having acquired something, often intellectual. For example, the OED has these two supporting citations, from the English novelists P G Wodehouse (1954) and John Wain (1962):
1. To get something to eat or drink. Once I get some proper food under my belt, I'll be ready to tackle any work you can throw at me! My father could become quite nasty whenever he got a bit of booze under his belt. That's why he gave up drinking. 2. To get some achievement, accomplishment, or record attributed to one's career or reputation.
