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Korean idiom build up one’s nerve

Idioms linked to “간-덩이” · Linked dictionary word

간덩이를 키우다

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  • 간덩이를 키우다

English rendering build up one’s nerve Literal translation: “enlarge one’s damned liver”

Meaning 1

(속되게) 담력과 도량을 늘리다.

Colloquially, to increase one’s courage and magnanimity.

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“간덩이를 키우다” — build up one’s nerve: Colloquially, to increase one’s courage and magnanimity.
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