English @ the Movies: 'Fire Burning In Our Bellies'

source: VOA Learning English     2017年9月1日
Our English @ the Movies saying today is "fire burning in our bellies," from the film "The Glass Castle." It is based on a true story about a girl's family. Her father used imagination to make them stop thinking about how poor they were. Take the quiz at - https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

# fire in your belly: If you say that someone has fire in their belly, you are expressing approval of them because they are energetic, enthusiastic, and have very strong feelings.
# fire in your belly--a strong determination to succeed: Neither of the candidates has a fire in his belly, so it's hard to get excited about them.