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X.mehrdad Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

'Below the belt' and 'Under the belt'

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0 Hello, cher ami! 02br 00No, they're not: 02br 02br 00If something someone says is below the belt, it is cruel and unfair 02br 02br 00If you have an experience or a qualification under your belt, you have completed it successfully, and it may be useful to you in the future 02br 02br 00"under the belt" means "behind", so it can be in your belly, "below the belt" is in the parts of your body lower than your waist 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 Hello, cher ami!
  • 02br 00No, they're not: 02br 02br 00If something someone says is below the belt, it is cruel and unfair 02br 02br 00If you have an experience or a qualification under your belt, you have completed it successfully, and it may be useful to you in the future 02br 02br 00"under the belt" means "behind", so it can be in your belly, "below the belt" is in the parts of your body lower than your waist 0-
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0 Hello, cher ami! 02br
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00If something someone says is below the belt, it is cruel and unfair 02br
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00If you have an experience or a qualification under your belt, you have completed it successfully, and it may be useful to you in the future 02br
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00"under the belt" means "behind", so i
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0 Merci, Chere Amie, 02br
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00So you mean 'below the belt' is a sort of low hit, and 'Under the belt' means experience or a kind of 'vécu' as you say. Thank You. 0-
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0 The explanations are from Cambridge, but yes, that's it, + of course the "real" references. i guess one could be paralyzed below the belt, or you could hide a golden coin under your belt! 0-
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0 I will check for the golden coin right now!!! Thank you 0-
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0 And could you imagine that I am a Belgian, Pieanne? 0-
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0 No! You are? 0-
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0 Yes? if you don"t mind. 0-
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0 I thought you were writing from Israel or near there (mind you, I'm a 0 in geography! so forgive me if I don't locate you accurately), which, of course, doesn't prevent you from being a Belgian! 02br
00I'm glad to find a "compatriote", I feel MUCH sooo much more Belgian than French 0-
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0 Hello, 02br
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00 Why Isreal, among all the countries,may be you know something about my friends among whom many are jews. Cheers 0-
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0 Hello francophones!! 0-
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