羽はねを広ひろげる

expression, ichidan verb

spread one's wings

Literal and figurative expression for stretching out wings, often used for birds or metaphorically for people branching out.

• 鳥とりが羽はねを広ひろげて空そらへ飛とび立たった。

  The bird spread its wings and took off into the sky.

• 彼かれは海かい外がいに羽はねを広ひろげて新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを始はじめた。

  He spread his wings overseas and started a new business.