walk of life

English

Noun

walk of life (plural walks of life)

(idiomatic) An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.
Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.

Usage notes

Usually use in plural form, especially in the set phrase all walks of life.

Translations

occupation, role, class, or lifestyle

Chinese:
Mandarin: ("all kinds of people") 各界人士 (zh) (gèjiè rénshì), ("all professions") 各行各業 (zh), 各行各业 (zh) (gèhánggèyè), ("all social statuses") 各個階層, 各个阶层 (gègè jiēcéng)
Finnish: ammatti (fi) (occupation), elämänala (field of life), elämäntapa (fi) (lifestyle)
French: milieu social
Italian: estrazione sociale f

Korean: 신분 (ko) (sinbun) (status), 직업 (ko) (jigeop) (occupation), 사회적 계급 (sahoejeok gyegeup) ("social classes")
Occitan: mitan (oc) m, condicion f, ambient m
Russian: заня́тие (ru) n (zanjátije) (occupation), о́браз жи́зни (ru) m (óbraz žízni) (lifestyle)
Serbo-Croatian: sfera života f

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Korean:
South: 모든 계층

Thai: ทุกชั้น ทุกอาชีพ ทุกระดับ

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