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Korean idiom have one’s wings clipped

Idioms linked to “죽지01” · Linked dictionary word

죽지가 부러지다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 죽지가 부러지다
  • 죽지가 부러지다

English rendering have one’s wings clipped Literal translation: “the wing joints break”

Meaning 1

(비유적으로) 등등하던 기세가 줄어들어 행세를 마음대로 할 수 없게 되다.

Figuratively, for one’s former high spirits to decline so that one can no longer act as one pleases.

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“죽지가 부러지다” — have one’s wings clipped: Figuratively, for one’s former high spirits to decline so that one can no longer act as one pleases.
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