Caveat: 발이 넓다

I learned this idiom from my coworker yesterday.

발이 넓다
bal.i neolp.da
foot-SUBJ wide
[Someone/he/she/you] has a wide foot.

The online daum dictionary pointed me to this page which said the meaning was “아는 사람이 많다” – “knows a lot of people.” In my conversation with my coworker, the meaning was tied in with the idea of a broad social network. She was trying to explain that another coworker was good at networking – not in any modern high-tech sense but just that she had a really wide field of acquaintances.

I guess in many ways I’m the opposite. I’m really bad at maintaining my social network. The field ends up pretty narrow.

[daily log: walking, 7km]

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