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Korean idiom Be excited

노파리가 나다

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English rendering Be excited Literal translation: “Woven-cord shoes arise”

Meaning 1

노파리가 신인 것과 ‘신이 나다’의 신이 서로 소리가 같다는 데에서, 신이 남을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Figuratively, become excited; a pun on sin, meaning both a shoe and the excitement in “get excited,” since nopari are shoes

Dictionary example 1

저 친구 노파리가 난 걸 보니 무슨 좋은 일이 있는 것이 틀림이 없군.

Seeing that fellow so excited, something good must surely have happened.

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“노파리가 나다” — Be excited: Figuratively, become excited; a pun on sin, meaning both a shoe and the excitement in “get excited,” since nopari are shoes
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