Korean Idioms & Expressions

호락호락하다

horakhorakada

Literal meaning

be easygoing/pliant (mimetic word)

To be a pushover — easy to handle or manipulate. Almost always used in the negative (호락호락하지 않다) to say someone is NOT to be underestimated.

Korean	English
우리 팀은 그렇게 호락호락하지 않아. uri tim-eun geureoke horakhorakaji ana.	Our team isn't such a pushover.

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