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Korean idiom be utterly deserted

검정개 한 마리 얼씬하지 않다

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  • 검정개 한 마리 얼씬하지 않다

English rendering be utterly deserted Literal translation: “not even a black dog comes near”

Meaning 1

사람은커녕 움직이는 동물조차 찾아볼 수 없다는 뜻으로, 아무것도 다니지 않고 조용함을 이르는 말.

An expression for silence with nothing passing through, meaning that not even a moving animal, much less a person, can be found.

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“검정개 한 마리 얼씬하지 않다” — be utterly deserted: An expression for silence with nothing passing through, meaning that not even a moving animal, much less a person, can be found.
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