English rendering Be utterly heartsick Literal translation: “The ninefold-twisted liver melts”
Be so shocked, disappointed, or anxious that one feels one’s liver entirely melting away
Dictionary example 1
집에 혼자 남아 있는 어머니를 생각하면 언제나 구곡간장이 녹는 아픔을 느낀다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text구곡간장이 녹다
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
Shared · 4 Be reluctant to get up A vulgar expression for rarely getting up once one has sat down. 
be on the same wavelength Coarsely, to be in agreement with one another. 
Shared · 2 lose one’s job Colloquially, to lose one’s job. 
Shared · 2 feel sickened with resentment To find something offensive and disgusting. 
Shared · 5 spill all one’s thoughts Coarsely, to reveal all the thoughts in one’s heart. 
Calm one’s anger Vulgarly, subdue or dispel one’s anger 
2 meanings Act boldly; lose one's temper Vulgarly, act with audacity. 
Shared · 2 feel sickened with irritation To find something offensive and disgusting. 
2 meanings Feel nauseated or offended Feel so nauseated that one seems about to vomit. 
2 meanings turn someone’s stomach or offend them To upset someone’s stomach so much that they feel about to vomit. Browse in Hangul order.
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