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in one's element
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In an environment naturally suited to or associated with one; doing what one enjoys. For example, He's in his element when he's doing woodworking . This term alludes to one's natural abode, as does the antonym, out of one's element (used by Daniel Defoe in Robinson Crusoe , 1719: 鈥淲hen they came to make boards ... they were quite out of their element鈥). [Late 1500s] Also see in one's glory .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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