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Korean idiom Lay bare one’s heart

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Idioms linked to “간담01” · Linked dictionary word

간담을 헤치다 [열어 놓다/털어놓다] Possible alternative: “열어 놓다/털어놓다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 간담을 헤치다[열어 놓다/털어놓다]
  • 간담을 헤치다
  • 간담을 열어 놓다 Unverified form
  • 간담을 털어놓다 Unverified form

English rendering Lay bare one’s heart Literal translation: “Open [lay open/bare] the liver and gallbladder”

Meaning 1

속마음을 숨김없이 다 말하다.

Speak all one’s innermost thoughts without hiding anything

Dictionary example 1

형에게만은 간담을 헤치고 이야기했다.

I laid bare my heart only to my older brother.

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These idioms are linked to the same word, “간담”, in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “간담이 내려앉다”: Be greatly startled. Shared · 6 Be terrified Be greatly startled. Illustration of the first meaning of “간담이 떨어지다”: To be terribly startled. Shared · 6 be terribly startled To be terribly startled. Illustration of the first meaning of “간담이 서늘하다”: Be so startled that one feels a chill of terror Shared · 4 Be chilled with fright Be so startled that one feels a chill of terror Illustration of the first meaning of “간담이 한 움큼 되다”: Describes great surprise and fear, suggesting that one's liver and gallbladder have shrunk to a mere handful. Shared · 4 Shrink with terror Describes great surprise and fear, suggesting that one's liver and gallbladder have shrunk to a mere handful.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “간장을 끊다”: Be terribly distressed or sad. Shared · 2 Be heartbroken Be terribly distressed or sad. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장을 녹이다”: To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior. 2 meanings Shared · 2 charm or torment To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장을 태우다”: Make someone extremely anxious and uneasy Make someone fret Make someone extremely anxious and uneasy Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 끊어지다”: Find sorrow, anger, or the like so great that it is difficult to endure. Shared · 2 Be overwhelmed by grief or anger Find sorrow, anger, or the like so great that it is difficult to endure. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 녹다”: To feel more than ordinarily delighted because one likes something. 2 meanings Shared · 2 be charmed or tormented To feel more than ordinarily delighted because one likes something. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 사라지다”: Be so shocked or disappointed that it feels as though one’s liver has melted away Be overcome with shock or disappointment Be so shocked or disappointed that it feels as though one’s liver has melted away Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 썩다”: Feel deeply wounded. Be deeply hurt Feel deeply wounded. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 타다”: To be inwardly tormented by anxiety and worry. be consumed by anxiety To be inwardly tormented by anxiety and worry. Illustration of the first meaning of “결창이 터지다”: An insulting expression meaning that one’s entrails burst. 2 meanings burst with rage An insulting expression meaning that one’s entrails burst. Illustration of the first meaning of “고황에 들다”: Of an illness, penetrate so deeply into the body that it is hard to cure. An illness becomes deeply entrenched Of an illness, penetrate so deeply into the body that it is hard to cure.

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“간담을 헤치다” — Lay bare one’s heart: Speak all one’s innermost thoughts without hiding anything
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