Korean Idioms & Expressions

갑론을박

gamnoneulbak

Literal meaning

甲論乙駁 — A argues, B refutes

A heated back-and-forth where people argue and refute each other, each insisting on their own view. Used for lively debates with no easy agreement.

Korean	English
그 안건을 두고 회의에서 갑론을박이 벌어졌어요. geu angeoneul dugo hoeuieseo gamnoneulbagi beoreojyeosseoyo.	A heated debate broke out at the meeting over that proposal.

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