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Korean idiom Feel uneasy over a favor received

Idioms linked to “가시01” · Linked dictionary word

가시 먹은 것 같다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 가시 먹은 것 같다
  • 가시 먹은 것 같다

English rendering Feel uneasy over a favor received Literal translation: “Feel as though one has swallowed a thorn”

Meaning 1

남에게서 받거나 얻어먹은 것이 마음에 걸려 꺼림칙하다.

Feel uneasy and troubled about something received or eaten from another person.

Dictionary example 1

그에게서 전에 돈을 받은 것이 가시 먹은 것 같다 .

The money I received from him before weighs on me like a swallowed thorn.

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“가시 먹은 것 같다” — Feel uneasy over a favor received: Feel uneasy and troubled about something received or eaten from another person.
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