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Idioms under “ㅂ” — 393 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 “보리를 타다”: Vulgarly, be beaten Get beaten Vulgarly, be beaten Illustration of the first meaning of “보쌈에 넣다”: To use a trick to ensnare someone. trap someone through a trick To use a trick to ensnare someone. Illustration of the first meaning of “보쌈에 들다”: Be caught in another’s scheme Shared · 2 Fall into someone’s trap Be caught in another’s scheme Illustration of the first meaning of “보자 보자 하다”: Tolerate something again and again despite disliking it Put up with something repeatedly Tolerate something again and again despite disliking it Illustration of the first meaning of “보통이 아니다”: Be unusual, with special or outstanding skill. Be exceptionally skilled Be unusual, with special or outstanding skill. Illustration of the first meaning of “복가마를 타다”: Receive unexpected happiness or good fortune. Enjoy unexpected good fortune Receive unexpected happiness or good fortune. Illustration of the first meaning of “복을 벗다”: Complete the first year in which mourning clothes must be worn under the prescribed mourning system Finish the first mourning year Complete the first year in which mourning clothes must be worn under the prescribed mourning system Illustration of the first meaning of “복을 입다”: Wear the mourning clothes prescribed for the first year under mourning regulations. Wear mourning clothes Wear the mourning clothes prescribed for the first year under mourning regulations. Illustration of the first meaning of “복의 배”: A teasing expression for a person with a protruding belly. 2 meanings a prosperous belly A teasing expression for a person with a protruding belly. Illustration of the first meaning of “복장을 긁다”: To make someone angry. Shared · 2 provoke someone’s anger To make someone angry. Illustration of the first meaning of “복장을 뒤집다”: Make someone angry Shared · 2 Infuriate someone Make someone angry Illustration of the first meaning of “복장을 짓찧다”: Cause extremely severe emotional pain. Cause agonizing pain Cause extremely severe emotional pain. Illustration of the first meaning of “복장이 뒤집히다”: Become angry. Become furious Become angry. Illustration of the first meaning of “복장이 타다”: To be intensely anxious with worry or anguish. burn with worry To be intensely anxious with worry or anguish. Illustration of the first meaning of “복장이 터지다”: Feel extremely frustrated inwardly Be ready to burst with frustration Feel extremely frustrated inwardly Illustration of the first meaning of “복정을 씌우다”: Force a burden on someone Shared · 2 Impose an unfair burden Force a burden on someone Illustration of the first meaning of “복정을 안기다”: Force someone else to bear a burden. Shared · 2 Force a burden on someone Force someone else to bear a burden. Illustration of the first meaning of “복정을 안다”: To take on and bear something under compulsion. shoulder an imposed burden To take on and bear something under compulsion. Illustration of the first meaning of “복학을 잡다”: Completely cure bokhak, a childhood illness marked by an abdominal lump, chills and fever, and progressive weakness. Cure a childhood wasting illness Completely cure bokhak, a childhood illness marked by an abdominal lump, chills and fever, and progressive weakness. Illustration of the first meaning of “본때를 보이다”: To give a sharp lesson so that wrongdoing is not repeated or serves as a warning. teach someone a lesson To give a sharp lesson so that wrongdoing is not repeated or serves as a warning. Illustration of the first meaning of “본말이 전도되다”: To reach a state where important and unimportant things are not distinguished, or where the proper order of matters is reversed. have priorities reversed To reach a state where important and unimportant things are not distinguished, or where the proper order of matters is reversed. Illustration of the first meaning of “본보기를 내다”: Make an object suitable as a model 2 meanings Set an example Make an object suitable as a model Illustration of the first meaning of “본전도 못 찾다”: For the result of one’s work to be worse than doing nothing, rather than good. be worse off for trying For the result of one’s work to be worse than doing nothing, rather than good. Illustration of the first meaning of “볼 장 보다”: To manage what one has to do on one’s own. 2 meanings take care of one’s business To manage what one has to do on one’s own. Illustration of the first meaning of “볼 장을 다 보다”: Of a matter, go so wrong that nothing further can be done. Be beyond saving Of a matter, go so wrong that nothing further can be done. Illustration of the first meaning of “볼꼴 좋다”: Mockingly, look unsightly. What a fine sight Mockingly, look unsightly. Illustration of the first meaning of “볼에 밤을 물다”: Pout angrily with displeasure. Shared · 2 Sulk in anger Pout angrily with displeasure. Illustration of the first meaning of “볼을 적시다”: To shed tears. shed tears To shed tears. Illustration of the first meaning of “볼이 붓다”: Become sulky and angry through displeasure Shared · 2 Be sullenly angry Become sulky and angry through displeasure Illustration of the first meaning of “봄눈 슬듯”: A figurative expression describing something quickly wasting away and disappearing. 2 meanings melt away like spring snow A figurative expression describing something quickly wasting away and disappearing. Illustration of the first meaning of “봄을 타다”: Lose appetite or become listless and thin in spring 2 meanings Be affected by spring Lose appetite or become listless and thin in spring Illustration of the first meaning of “봄풀 자라듯”: Figuratively, the manner of worries, fantasies, or the like arising continually, one after another Keep springing up Figuratively, the manner of worries, fantasies, or the like arising continually, one after another Illustration of the first meaning of “봇짐 싸 가지고 말리다”: Deliberately travel even a long distance to stop someone doing something Go to any lengths to dissuade Deliberately travel even a long distance to stop someone doing something Illustration of the first meaning of “봇짐을 싸다”: Pack to move away from where one lives or works. Pack up to leave Pack to move away from where one lives or works. Illustration of the first meaning of “봇짐을 지다”: To pack needed belongings or household goods and move or set off on a journey. pack up and leave To pack needed belongings or household goods and move or set off on a journey. Illustration of the first meaning of “봇짐을 풀다”: Begin residing and living somewhere Settle down Begin residing and living somewhere Illustration of the first meaning of “봉을 잡다”: Literally, catch the rare phoenix that exists only in imagination; figuratively, obtain an exceedingly valuable and excellent person or opportunity Land an exceptional prize Literally, catch the rare phoenix that exists only in imagination; figuratively, obtain an exceedingly valuable and excellent person or opportunity Illustration of the first meaning of “봉화를 들다”: Light a beacon fire and raise it high. 2 meanings Light a beacon; pioneer a cause Light a beacon fire and raise it high. Illustration of the first meaning of “봉화를 일으키다”: Figuratively, to take the lead in starting an undertaking or movement as a pioneer. pioneer an undertaking Figuratively, to take the lead in starting an undertaking or movement as a pioneer. Illustration of the first meaning of “부들이를 뽑다”: To carve the rafters by the eaves so that they appear to curve upward. shape upturned rafter tips To carve the rafters by the eaves so that they appear to curve upward. Illustration of the first meaning of “부레가 끓다”: Become extremely angry. Shared · 6 Boil with anger Become extremely angry. Illustration of the first meaning of “부룩을 박다”: Plant another crop between rows of grain, vegetables, or other crops Intercrop Plant another crop between rows of grain, vegetables, or other crops Illustration of the first meaning of “부르느니 말하지”: When close by, speaking face to face is quicker than ordering someone to be called over Quicker to speak directly When close by, speaking face to face is quicker than ordering someone to be called over Illustration of the first meaning of “부르는 게 값이다”: Express that prices are unfixed and vary each time, since the seller sets them at will. The seller names the price Express that prices are unfixed and vary each time, since the seller sets them at will. Illustration of the first meaning of “부리가 잡히다”: For the center of a boil to become pointed as it suppurates A boil comes to a head For the center of a boil to become pointed as it suppurates Illustration of the first meaning of “부리를 까다”: Slang: be good only at chattering or answering back. Talk without doing; talk back Slang: be good only at chattering or answering back. Illustration of the first meaning of “부리를 따다”: To begin or set one’s hand to a story or undertaking. Shared · 2 begin a story or task To begin or set one’s hand to a story or undertaking. Illustration of the first meaning of “부리를 헐다”: Begin or undertake a conversation or task Shared · 2 Start something Begin or undertake a conversation or task Illustration of the first meaning of “부시를 치다”: Place tinder on flint and strike it with a fire steel to make a fire Strike a light Place tinder on flint and strike it with a fire steel to make a fire Illustration of the first meaning of “부아가 상투 끝까지 치밀어 오르다”: Have anger well up extremely strongly Have anger surge furiously Have anger well up extremely strongly Illustration of the first meaning of “부엉이 방귀 같다”: Express being easily startled even by trivial things, suggesting an owl is startled by its own fart. Startle at trifles Express being easily startled even by trivial things, suggesting an owl is startled by its own fart. Illustration of the first meaning of “부접을 못 하다”: Be unable to stay or endure in one place. Be unable to settle Be unable to stay or endure in one place. Illustration of the first meaning of “부정을 보다”: Commit an impure act while in a bodily condition requiring taboos or avoidance Commit a ritually impure act Commit an impure act while in a bodily condition requiring taboos or avoidance Illustration of the first meaning of “부정을 치다”: During a purification rite, of a shaman, dispel impure things. Expel ritual impurity During a purification rite, of a shaman, dispel impure things. Illustration of the first meaning of “부정을 타다”: To suffer harm through something ritually impure. suffer ritual contamination To suffer harm through something ritually impure. Illustration of the first meaning of “북 치듯”: To beat or strike something indiscriminately. pound away indiscriminately To beat or strike something indiscriminately. Illustration of the first meaning of “북새를 놀다”: Of several people, bustle noisily. Make a bustling commotion Of several people, bustle noisily. Illustration of the first meaning of “북을 주다”: Cover a plant's roots with soil. Earth up a plant Cover a plant's roots with soil. Illustration of the first meaning of “북이 나들듯”: Figuratively, visit rapidly and frequently. Shared · 2 Come and go rapidly Figuratively, visit rapidly and frequently. Illustration of the first meaning of “북장단을 치다”: Figuratively, deal with affairs well and steadfastly according to their circumstances Handle matters with sound judgment Figuratively, deal with affairs well and steadfastly according to their circumstances