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Korean idiom have one’s heart burned out by worry

Idioms linked to “가슴” · Linked dictionary word

가슴이 숯등걸이 되다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 가슴이 숯등걸이 되다
  • 가슴이 숯등걸이 되다

English rendering have one’s heart burned out by worry Literal translation: “the heart becomes a charred stump”

Meaning 1

애가 타서 마음이 상할 대로 상함을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

A figurative expression for anxiety distressing one’s heart to the utmost.

Dictionary example 1

가슴이 숯등걸이 되도록 아들의 소식을 애타게 기다렸다.

She anxiously waited for news of her son until her heart seemed burned to a cinder.

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“가슴이 숯등걸이 되다” — have one’s heart burned out by worry: A figurative expression for anxiety distressing one’s heart to the utmost.
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