Word details
발목
- Pronunciation
- 발목
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
- Application
- 발목이 [발모기 ]
발목도 [발목또 ]
발목만 [발몽만 ]
ankle
The part that joins the leg and the foot.
Idioms
발목(을) 잡히다
be seized by one's ankle
To be tightly tied to a certain task and unable to escape from it.
be seized by one's ankle
To have one's weakness seized on by others.
발목을 잡다
seize one's ankle
To have someone tightly tied to a certain task and unable to escape from it.
seize one's ankle
To seize upon someone's weakness.
발목이 묶이다
have one's ankles tied up
To be unable to escape from a certain place.