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Korean idiom be utterly bewildered

Idioms linked to “도깨비” · Linked dictionary word

도깨비에 홀린 것 같다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 도깨비에 홀린 것 같다
  • 도깨비에 홀린 것 같다

English rendering be utterly bewildered Literal translation: “be like one bewitched by a goblin”

Meaning 1

일의 내막을 알 수 없어 무슨 영문인지 정신을 차리지 못하다.

To be unable to understand what is going on because the circumstances are unknown.

Dictionary example 1

조금 전까지만 해도 서랍에 있었던 물건이 없어졌다. 도깨비에 홀린 것 같은 생각이 들었다.

The thing that was in the drawer just a moment ago had vanished. I felt as though a goblin had bewitched me.

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“도깨비에 홀린 것 같다” — be utterly bewildered: To be unable to understand what is going on because the circumstances are unknown.
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