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Korean idiom be reluctant to go

Idioms linked to “발-길” · Linked dictionary word

발길이 내키지 않다

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  • 발길이 내키지 않다

English rendering be reluctant to go Literal translation: “one’s steps are unwilling”

Meaning 1

마음에 내키지 아니하거나 서먹서먹하여 선뜻 행동에 옮겨지지 아니하다.

To be unable to act readily because one feels reluctant or awkward.

Dictionary example 1

무슨 이유에서인지 몰라도 오늘따라 왠지 선뜻 집으로 가는 발길이 내키지 않는다.

For some reason, I feel strangely reluctant to go home today.

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“발길이 내키지 않다” — be reluctant to go: To be unable to act readily because one feels reluctant or awkward.
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