"walk of life" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-walk of life.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks of life [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|walks of life}} walk of life (plural walks of life)
  1. (idiomatic) An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: lifepath, way of life Translations (occupation, role, class, or lifestyle): 各界人士 (gèjiè rénshì) (english: all kinds of people) (Chinese Mandarin), 各行各業 (english: all professions) (Chinese Mandarin), 各行各业 (gèhánggèyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 各個階層 (english: all social statuses) (Chinese Mandarin), 各个阶层 (gègè jiēcéng) (Chinese Mandarin), ammatti (english: occupation) (Finnish), elämänala (english: field of life) (Finnish), elämäntapa [lifestyle] (Finnish), milieu [masculine] (French), horizon [masculine] (French), estrazione sociale [feminine] (Italian), 신분 (sinbun) (english: status) (Korean), 직업 (jigeop) (english: occupation) (Korean), 사회적 계급 (sahoejeok gyegeup) (english: social classes) (Korean), mitan [masculine] (Occitan), condicion [feminine] (Occitan), ambient [masculine] (Occitan), ścieżka życia [feminine] (Polish), заня́тие (zanjátije) (english: occupation) [neuter] (Russian), о́браз жи́зни (óbraz žízni) [masculine] [lifestyle] (Russian), sfera života [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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