Idioms linked to “눈01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering be consumed by self-interest Literal translation: “the eyes are red”
To be intensely absorbed in seeking only one’s own advantage.
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Shared · 4 wait anxiously for ages To wait a long time in great anguish. 
Shared · 2 Misjudge something obvious A reproachful expression used when someone misperceives the obvious 
Be beside oneself with rage Become so excited and enraged that one nearly loses reason 
Be offensive to watch Find someone's behavior unpleasant and disgusting to see. 
Be intensely obsessed with self-interest An emphatic expression for being intensely absorbed in pursuing only one's own interests. 
be very much alive To be fully alive and well. 
Be easily moved to tears Lack emotional hardness and readily show tears 
Gain understanding Develop discerning understanding. 
2 meanings be bewildered or illiterate To be dizzy and mentally at a complete loss. 
Gain understanding Become able to judge things or phenomena 
Shared · 2 Be dizzyingly busy or fast Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. 
2 meanings have eyes like lamps A figurative expression for large, round eyes. 
die For a person to die. 
Receive hostile looks Be disliked by others. 
shoot a glare To glare or stare fiercely at someone. 
Shared · 6 Be frantically busy Be extremely busy to the point of distraction 
A very short distance A very short distance. 
have fierce-looking eyes For one’s eyes to look spiteful and fierce. 
2 meanings Shared · 2 Swindle or falsely accuse someone A vulgar expression for deceiving someone to take their wealth 
2 meanings Shared · 2 swindle or frame someone To deceive someone and take their wealth. Browse in Hangul order.
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