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Idioms linked to “눈01” · Linked dictionary word

눈이 시뻘겋다

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English rendering Be intensely obsessed with self-interest Literal translation: “Have crimson eyes”

Meaning 1

자기 잇속만 찾는 데에 몹시 열중하는 것을 강조하여 이르는 말.

An emphatic expression for being intensely absorbed in pursuing only one's own interests.

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‘눈(이) 벌겋다’를 강조하여 이르는 말.

Dictionary example 1

자기 잇속을 차리기에 눈이 시뻘게진 장사꾼들이 서로 싸우고 있다.

The merchants, obsessed with their own advantage, are fighting each other.

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These idioms are linked to the same word, “눈”, in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 시퍼렇게 살아 있다”: To be fully alive and well. be very much alive To be fully alive and well. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 여리다”: Lack emotional hardness and readily show tears Be easily moved to tears Lack emotional hardness and readily show tears Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 열리다”: Develop discerning understanding. Gain understanding Develop discerning understanding. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 캄캄하다”: To be dizzy and mentally at a complete loss. 2 meanings be bewildered or illiterate To be dizzy and mentally at a complete loss. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 트이다”: Become able to judge things or phenomena Gain understanding Become able to judge things or phenomena Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 핑핑 돌아가다”: Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. Shared · 2 Be dizzyingly busy or fast Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈이 화등잔 같다”: A figurative expression for large, round eyes. 2 meanings have eyes like lamps A figurative expression for large, round eyes. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈 깜짝할 사이”: An extremely brief moment In the blink of an eye An extremely brief moment Illustration of the first meaning of “눈 둘 곳을 모르다”: Be bewildered or awkward and not know where to direct one’s gaze Not know where to look Be bewildered or awkward and not know where to direct one’s gaze Illustration of the first meaning of “눈 딱 감다”: Stop thinking about anything else. 2 meanings Take the plunge; turn a blind eye Stop thinking about anything else.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “눈자위가 꺼지다”: For a person to die. die For a person to die. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈총을 맞다”: Be disliked by others. Receive hostile looks Be disliked by others. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈총을 쏘다”: To glare or stare fiercely at someone. shoot a glare To glare or stare fiercely at someone. Illustration of the first meaning of “눈코 뜰 사이 없다”: Be extremely busy to the point of distraction Shared · 6 Be frantically busy Be extremely busy to the point of distraction Illustration of the first meaning of “눈코 사이”: A very short distance. A very short distance A very short distance. Illustration of the first meaning of “목자가 사납다”: For one’s eyes to look spiteful and fierce. have fierce-looking eyes For one’s eyes to look spiteful and fierce. Illustration of the first meaning of “생눈깔을 뽑다”: A vulgar expression for deceiving someone to take their wealth 2 meanings Shared · 2 Swindle or falsely accuse someone A vulgar expression for deceiving someone to take their wealth Illustration of the first meaning of “생눈을 뽑다”: To deceive someone and take their wealth. 2 meanings Shared · 2 swindle or frame someone To deceive someone and take their wealth. Illustration of the first meaning of “아미를 숙이다”: Of a woman, lower one's head modestly. Lower one's head demurely Of a woman, lower one's head modestly. Illustration of the first meaning of “이목이 넓다”: To know many things through seeing and hearing. be well informed To know many things through seeing and hearing.

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“눈이 시뻘겋다” — Be intensely obsessed with self-interest: An emphatic expression for being intensely absorbed in pursuing only one's own interests.
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