| 单词 | fire in the belly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire in the (also one's) belly a. fire in the (also one's) belly: passion or drive, esp. to do or achieve something; motivation, ambition. ΚΠ 1866 Reader 20 Dec. 1032/2 There is in his agonies a touch of the devotee who..finds fire in his belly to burn up the sins of the world. 1911 O. W. Holmes Let. 8 Mar. in F. Biddle Mr. Justice Holmes (1942) 138 Life is a romantic business..but you have to make the romance, and it will finally come to the question of how much fire you have in your belly. 1951 N. Annan Leslie Stephen ix. 275 There is no fire in the belly, no sense of urgency. 1970 Guardian 10 Aug. 9/8 Her success is due, she says, ‘to the fact that I have fire in my belly’. 2010 Crisis Spring 9/1 She's walking proof that with a little fire in the belly and support, dreams for success come true. < as lemmas |
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