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Korean idiom Live in subservience

Idioms linked to “허리01” · Linked dictionary word

허리를 못 펴다

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  • 허리를 못 펴다

English rendering Live in subservience Literal translation: “Be unable to straighten one’s back”

Meaning 1

남에게 굽죄여 지내다.

Live cowed before another person

Dictionary example 1

허리를 못 펴고 굽실거리며 지내다.

Live bowing and scraping, unable to hold one’s head up.

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“허리를 못 펴다” — Live in subservience: Live cowed before another person
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