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Korean idiom Shrink with terror

Idioms linked to “간담01” · Linked dictionary word

간담이 한 움큼 되다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 간담이 한 움큼 되다
  • 간담이 한 움큼 되다

English rendering Shrink with terror Literal translation: “One's liver and gallbladder become a handful”

Meaning 1

간과 쓸개가 한 움큼 되게 작아졌다는 뜻으로, 몹시 놀라고 두려워하는 모양을 이르는 말.

Describes great surprise and fear, suggesting that one's liver and gallbladder have shrunk to a mere handful.

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“간담이 한 움큼 되다” — 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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