WORDROW Korean Idioms Idioms linked to “활개” · Linked dictionary word
활개 (를) The part “를” may be omitted. 치다
- Form listed in the dictionary: 활개(를) 치다
- 활개를 치다
- 활개 치다
English rendering Stride vigorously; swagger; proliferate; flap wings Literal translation: “Swing one's spread limbs”
Meaning 1
힘차게 두 팔을 앞뒤로 어긋나게 흔들며 걷다.
Walk swinging both arms strongly in alternating directions.
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Meaning 2
의기양양하게 행동하다. 또는 제 세상인 듯 함부로 거들먹거리며 행동하다.
Act triumphantly, or swagger recklessly as though the world were one's own.
Dictionary example 1
그는 그 동네에서는 제법 활개 치며 산다.
He lives with quite a swagger in that neighborhood.
Dictionary example 2
폭력배가 활개 치는 세상에서는 마음 놓고 살 수 없다.
One cannot live at ease in a world where thugs swagger freely.
Meaning 3
부정적인 것이 크게 성행하다.
Of something negative, be widespread.
Dictionary example 1
음란 비디오가 활개 치다.
Obscene videos proliferate.
Meaning 4
새가 날개를 펼쳐서 퍼덕이다.
Of a bird, spread and flap its wings.
Dictionary example 1
꿩 한 마리가 푸드덕 활개 치며 날아간다.
A pheasant flaps its wings and flies away.
