タイで象が酷使されているのを見て、象を助ける活動を行っている英国出身の女性についての、Reader's Digest 7月号の記事にあった表現が気になりました。
In 2002, Katherine left her successful retail-management job, sold her house in London, and embarked on what she thought would be an adventure of a lifetime - travelling around the world for a year. "I loved my life, living in London and working in the West End, but I knew there must be something more," Katherine remembers.
With visits to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malasia under her belt, she arrived in Thailand, and six weeks later found herself volunteering at an elephent centre.
"under her belt" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Wiktionary:(idiomatic) Already done; within one's experience; practiced.: He got off to a shaky start, but with a few months of experience under his belt, he kept up handily with the veteran employees.
・Dictionary.com: considered as a matter of successful past experience: I don't think our lawyer has enough similar cases under his belt.
・The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms: 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.
なるほど、年をとると "under one's belt" には確かに経験も、そして脂肪も貯まります。
In 2002, Katherine left her successful retail-management job, sold her house in London, and embarked on what she thought would be an adventure of a lifetime - travelling around the world for a year. "I loved my life, living in London and working in the West End, but I knew there must be something more," Katherine remembers.
With visits to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malasia under her belt, she arrived in Thailand, and six weeks later found herself volunteering at an elephent centre.
"under her belt" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Wiktionary:(idiomatic) Already done; within one's experience; practiced.: He got off to a shaky start, but with a few months of experience under his belt, he kept up handily with the veteran employees.
・Dictionary.com: considered as a matter of successful past experience: I don't think our lawyer has enough similar cases under his belt.
・The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms: 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.
なるほど、年をとると "under one's belt" には確かに経験も、そして脂肪も貯まります。
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