WORDROW Korean Idioms Idioms under “ㅈ” — 266 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.
Settle in and occupy a place Occupy a place 
be drained To lose further motivation through disappointment or weariness, or to become exhausted after using all one’s strength. 
Form a marriage bond Enter into marriage. 
lay down one’s burden To escape pain, sorrow, worry, responsibility, or the like. 
2 meanings Pack up and leave Completely quit an affair one has been involved in 
Settle somewhere Choose a residence somewhere and begin living there. 
2 meanings Be inferior; take a bad turn Have unequal level or degree, with one side inferior. 
leave home To leave home for somewhere far away. 
2 meanings A house becomes available or territory forms For a house to become available to buy or sell 
2 meanings Express one's flair or habits Enjoy oneself and express one's style freely. 
2 meanings move with natural flair To develop natural flair in one’s actions through enjoyment or familiarity. 
settle a point before proceeding To examine what requires examination before moving on. 
Be expelled in a straw basket Of a tyrannical local magistrate, be carried in a straw basket and driven beyond the district boundary. 
expel a tyrannical magistrate To place a magistrate who has ruled oppressively in a straw basket and drive him beyond the district boundary. 
Match a couple in marriage Arrange a marriage and make two people spouses 
Be mismatched When comparing two sides, have a difference that makes them ill matched, with one inferior. 
2 meanings A noisy commotion breaks out Of several people, chatter noisily. 
Become utterly destitute Express extreme poverty with nothing owned, suggesting that all household possessions are gone and only a small begging bowl remains. 
ruin things To ruin an undertaking. 
Shared · 2 Become a beggar Become a beggar 
2 meanings Be helpless before someone Be intimidated and unable to act 
make unreasonable demands To pester someone with unreasonable demands. 
Join an archery contest late In archery, accept participation on the contest day after initially refusing; half the score for arrows that hit is then deducted 
Create needless trouble Unnecessarily add something and create a new problem. 
2 meanings Surpass utterly or overpower Be incomparably superior in cunning, talent, means, or the like 
Chatter frivolously Act extremely frivolously, changing one’s position with senseless remarks