been to the rodeo
- idiom
- Informal
:
ya he estado en esto
- I've been to the rodeo enough times to know how to deal with setbacks.
Examples
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You can tell she's been to the rodeo by the way she handles stressful projects.
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He's really been to the rodeo when it comes to tough negotiations.
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After years in this business, they know I've been to the rodeo before.
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Have you been to the rodeo in your career?
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After years in this business, they know I've been to the rodeo before.
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I've been to the rodeo enough times to know how to deal with setbacks.
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You can tell she's been to the rodeo by the way she handles stressful projects.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who has a lot of experience from many situations
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9.9
Experienced and not new to a task or situation
Antonyms
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
be + to + the + rodeo
The structure 'been to' (visited/experienced) plus 'rodeo' (a rough, challenging event) gives a partial clue: learners can infer some kind of experiential meaning, but the leap from 'visited a rodeo' to the idiomatic sense 'seasoned by hardship' requires cultural/metaphorical knowledge and is not fully predictable. Because the meaning is an extended metaphor tied to cultural imagery rather than strictly compositional, a B1 learner who only knows the parts may not reliably derive the intended sense.
Etymology
The phrase been to the rodeo may come from the image of someone who has gone to a wild rodeo, where riders face loud noise and sudden danger. So when we say someone has been to the rodeo it means they have 'been through difficult times' and know how to handle problems.