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Korean idiom Beat savagely

도붓장수 개 후리듯

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 도붓장수 개 후리듯
  • 도붓장수 개 후리듯

English rendering Beat savagely Literal translation: “Like an itinerant peddler whipping a dog”

Meaning 1

마구 후려치는 모양을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Figuratively, describe striking wildly.

Dictionary example 1

그가 도붓장수 개 후리듯 자기 자식을 마구 때리는 것을 보니 아무래도 제정신이 아닌 듯 싶었다.

Seeing him beat his own child savagely, like a peddler whipping a dog, I thought he could hardly be in his right mind.

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