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"etymology_text": "Opinions vary between:\n# Comparing the experience and what was learned and gained from it, to a meal now eaten and safely stowed away in the stomach.\n# The effect of a punch below the belt in boxing or other fist fighting.",
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"ref": "1998, “Two Little Girls”, in Ani DiFranco (lyrics), Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco",
"text": "You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "在自己以往的經驗中"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zài zìjǐ yǐwǎng de jīngyàn zhōng",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "在自己以往的经验中"
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "za sebou"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "plakkarissa"
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"sense": "within one's experience",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "à son actif"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "derrière la cravate"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "im Gepäck"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "(Jahre / Belastungen) auf dem Buckel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "(Zeugnis) in der Tasche"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "hinter sich"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "beamtakhtó",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "באמתחתו"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "na koncie"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "nas costas"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "behind shoulders",
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"roman": "za plečámi",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "за плеча́ми"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "en su haber"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "i bagaget"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "za plečámy",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "за плеча́ми"
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],
"word": "under one's belt"
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "在自己以往的經驗中"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zài zìjǐ yǐwǎng de jīngyàn zhōng",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "在自己以往的经验中"
},
{
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "za sebou"
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{
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "plakkarissa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "plakkariin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "à son actif"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "derrière la cravate"
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{
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"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "im Gepäck"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "(Jahre / Belastungen) auf dem Buckel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "(Zeugnis) in der Tasche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "hinter sich"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "beamtakhtó",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "באמתחתו"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "na koncie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "nas costas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "behind shoulders",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "za plečámi",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "за плеча́ми"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "en su haber"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "i bagaget"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "za plečámy",
"sense": "within one's experience",
"word": "за плеча́ми"
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"word": "under one's belt"
}
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