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Korean idiom shake things up

들었다 놓다

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  • 들었다 놓다

English rendering shake things up Literal translation: “lift and set down”

Meaning 1

일정한 범위 안에서 나는 소리가 그 범위 안에 있는 모든 것을 들어 올렸다가 도로 놓을 정도로 매우 힘 있고 요란하게 울림을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

A figurative expression for a sound resonating so powerfully and noisily within an area that it seems to lift everything there and set it down again.

Dictionary example 1

아이들의 우렁찬 함성이 온 교정을 들었다 놓았다.

The children’s powerful cheers shook the entire school grounds.
Meaning 2

굉장히 큰 영향을 미치다.

To have an enormous influence.

Dictionary example 1

그가 조정에 미치는 영향력은 말 한마디에 온 나라를 들었다 놓을 정도였다.

His influence at court was so great that a single remark could shake the entire country.
Meaning 3

몹시 분주하게 굴거나 부산을 피우다.

To bustle about or make a tremendous fuss.

Dictionary example 1

조카들 셋이 모이면 장난과 총싸움 등으로 온 집 안을 들었다 놓는다.

When the three nephews get together, their pranks and gun games turn the whole house upside down.

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“들었다 놓다” — shake things up: A figurative expression for a sound resonating so powerfully and noisily within an area that it seems to lift everything there and set it down again.
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