身にまとう related question


I didn't find 身にまとう in Japanese-English dictionary, but I understood from a
Japanese dictionary that it can mean "wear" or "acquire knowledge" I'm
wondering if this part means what I think it means:

なにしろ‥‥あらゆるナゾを 身にまとっていますからな。

I'd read it as talking about learning about all the mysteries... Am I very far
off?




I have been speaking Japanese since birth, but I doubt that I have seen or
heard the expression 「[身]{み}に **まとう** 」 used to mean " ** _to acquire
knowledge_** ". It might be figuratively used that way by a very small number
of people, but it would not be common at all.

Are you sure you are not talking about 「身に **つける** 」 instead?

> 「なにしろ・・・あらゆるナゾを 身にまとっていますからな。」

would mean:

> "At any rate, (someone) is such an inscrutable figure."

Or, more literally,

> "At any rate, (someone) is wrapped in all kinds of mysteries."




I have been speaking Japanese since birth, but I doubt that I have seen or
heard the expression 「[身]{み}に **まとう** 」 used to mean " ** _to acquire
knowledge_** ". It might be figuratively used that way by a very small number
of people, but it would not be common at all.

Are you sure you are not talking about 「身に **つける** 」 instead?

> 「なにしろ・・・あらゆるナゾを 身にまとっていますからな。」

would mean:

> "At any rate, (someone) is such an inscrutable figure."

Or, more literally,

> "At any rate, (someone) is wrapped in all kinds of mysteries."

