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Idioms under “ㄴ” — 299 idioms

Browse idioms by the initial consonant of the first Korean syllable, in Hangul order. On this site, ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, and ㅉ are grouped under ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, and ㅈ, respectively.

Illustration of the first meaning of “눈을 씻고 보다”: To look with alertness and concentration. look very closely To look with alertness and concentration. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈을 씻고 보려야 볼 수 없다”: Be very rare and difficult to find Be extremely hard to find Be very rare and difficult to find Illustration of the first meaning of “눈을 의심하다”: To distrust what one sees and find it strange, wondering whether one has seen wrongly. not believe one’s eyes To distrust what one sees and find it strange, wondering whether one has seen wrongly. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈을 크게 뜨다”: Stay intensely alert and attentive Keep one’s eyes wide open Stay intensely alert and attentive Illustration of the first meaning of “눈을 틔워 주다”: Teach someone to recognize letters. 2 meanings Teach literacy or understanding Teach someone to recognize letters. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈을 피하다”: Avoid another person's observation. Avoid being seen Avoid another person's observation. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 가매지게”: A figurative expression describing intense waiting. Shared · 4 wait desperately A figurative expression describing intense waiting. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 곤두서다”: Have anger bring a venomous expression to one’s eyes Shared · 3 Have venom rise in one’s eyes Have anger bring a venomous expression to one’s eyes Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 까뒤집히다”: A highly vulgar expression for losing reason through a shocking event or obsession. Shared · 5 Lose one's damned senses A highly vulgar expression for losing reason through a shocking event or obsession. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 나오다”: To be greatly startled. Shared · 6 have one’s eyes pop in surprise To be greatly startled. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 낮다”: To have a low level of discernment. have low standards To have a low level of discernment. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 높다”: Habitually seek only things better than the ordinary 2 meanings Have high standards or good taste Habitually seek only things better than the ordinary Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 돌아가다”: Lose judgment through shock or rage. 2 meanings Lose one's senses; have one's attention drawn Lose judgment through shock or rage. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 동그래지다”: Open one’s eyes wide from great surprise or puzzlement Widen one’s eyes in surprise Open one’s eyes wide from great surprise or puzzlement Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 뒤집히다”: To lose one’s reason after a shocking event or through obsession with something. Shared · 5 lose one’s reason To lose one’s reason after a shocking event or through obsession with something. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 등잔만 하다”: Have one's eyes widen from surprise or fear. Have eyes wide with shock Have one's eyes widen from surprise or fear. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 뚫어지게”: An expression for gazing at one spot without moving. stare fixedly An expression for gazing at one spot without moving. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 많다”: Have many people watching Have many watching eyes Have many people watching Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 맞다”: Of two people, have feelings or intentions connect. Be attracted to each other Of two people, have feelings or intentions connect. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 무디다”: Have a weak ability to observe and understand things Have poor powers of observation Have a weak ability to observe and understand things Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 번쩍 뜨이다”: Suddenly regain alertness. Suddenly come alert Suddenly regain alertness. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 벌겋다”: To be intensely absorbed in seeking only one’s own advantage. be consumed by self-interest To be intensely absorbed in seeking only one’s own advantage. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 빠지게 기다리다”: To wait a long time in great anguish. Shared · 4 wait anxiously for ages To wait a long time in great anguish. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 삐다”: A reproachful expression used when someone misperceives the obvious Shared · 2 Misjudge something obvious A reproachful expression used when someone misperceives the obvious Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 산 밖에 비어지다”: Become so excited and enraged that one nearly loses reason Be beside oneself with rage Become so excited and enraged that one nearly loses reason Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 시다”: Find someone's behavior unpleasant and disgusting to see. Be offensive to watch Find someone's behavior unpleasant and disgusting to see. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 시뻘겋다”: An emphatic expression for being intensely absorbed in pursuing only one's own interests. Be intensely obsessed with self-interest An emphatic expression for being intensely absorbed in pursuing only one's own interests. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 시퍼렇게 살아 있다”: To be fully alive and well. be very much alive To be fully alive and well. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 여리다”: Lack emotional hardness and readily show tears Be easily moved to tears Lack emotional hardness and readily show tears Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 열리다”: Develop discerning understanding. Gain understanding Develop discerning understanding. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 캄캄하다”: To be dizzy and mentally at a complete loss. 2 meanings be bewildered or illiterate To be dizzy and mentally at a complete loss. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 트이다”: Become able to judge things or phenomena Gain understanding Become able to judge things or phenomena Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 핑핑 돌아가다”: Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. Shared · 2 Be dizzyingly busy or fast Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 화등잔 같다”: A figurative expression for large, round eyes. 2 meanings have eyes like lamps A figurative expression for large, round eyes. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈자위가 꺼지다”: For a person to die. die For a person to die. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈총을 맞다”: Be disliked by others. Receive hostile looks Be disliked by others. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈총을 쏘다”: To glare or stare fiercely at someone. shoot a glare To glare or stare fiercely at someone. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치가 다르다”: For one’s attitude or behavior to be odd. act strangely For one’s attitude or behavior to be odd. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치가 보이다”: Come to watch another’s feelings and attitude Feel conscious of others’ reactions Come to watch another’s feelings and attitude Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치가 빠르다”: Recognize others' feelings unusually quickly. Be quick to read others Recognize others' feelings unusually quickly. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치를 보다”: To examine another person’s feelings and attitude. watch someone’s reactions To examine another person’s feelings and attitude. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치를 살피다”: Look for another person’s unspoken reactions Watch someone’s reactions Look for another person’s unspoken reactions Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치코치 다 알다”: Guess and understand all sorts of unspoken cues Read every social cue Guess and understand all sorts of unspoken cues Illustration of the first meaning of “눈치코치도 모르다”: Fail completely to recognize another person's thoughts or attitude. Have no sense of others' feelings Fail completely to recognize another person's thoughts or attitude. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈칫밥을 먹다”: To live uneasily and without confidence, constantly watching how others react. live under others’ disapproving eyes To live uneasily and without confidence, constantly watching how others react. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈코 뜰 사이 없다”: Be extremely busy to the point of distraction Shared · 6 Be frantically busy Be extremely busy to the point of distraction Illustration of the first meaning of “눈코 사이”: A very short distance. A very short distance A very short distance. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈표가 나다”: Be readily noticeable. Be easy to spot Be readily noticeable. Illustration of the first meaning of “뉘 골라내듯”: To pick things out meticulously from among many items. pick out meticulously To pick things out meticulously from among many items. Illustration of the first meaning of “느루 가다”: For food supplies to last longer than planned. make provisions last longer For food supplies to last longer than planned. Illustration of the first meaning of “느루 먹다”: Conserve provisions so they last longer than planned Make provisions last Conserve provisions so they last longer than planned Illustration of the first meaning of “느루 잡다”: Hold loosely what one has in hand. 2 meanings Hold loosely; schedule generously Hold loosely what one has in hand. Illustration of the first meaning of “느루 재다”: To deliberately act slowly out of reluctance. 2 meanings drag one’s feet To deliberately act slowly out of reluctance. Illustration of the first meaning of “늑줄을 주다”: To relax strict supervision and allow a little freedom. loosen supervision To relax strict supervision and allow a little freedom. Illustration of the first meaning of “늘고 줄고 하다”: Express flexibility. Be flexible Express flexibility. Illustration of the first meaning of “늘어지게 자다”: To sleep enough to relieve fatigue. sleep to one’s heart’s content To sleep enough to relieve fatigue. Illustration of the first meaning of “늙은이 뱃가죽 같다”: For an object to be all wrinkled Be deeply wrinkled For an object to be all wrinkled Illustration of the first meaning of “능라도 수박 같다”: Figuratively, describe tasteless food Be tasteless Figuratively, describe tasteless food Illustration of the first meaning of “능지가 되다”: To be beaten so severely that one cannot hold oneself upright. be beaten incapacitated To be beaten so severely that one cannot hold oneself upright.