WORDROW Korean Idioms
한국어
Home

Korean idiom Face a very trying situation

List: Browse by initial consonant List

된서방 (을) The part “을” may be omitted. 맞다 [만나다] Possible alternative: “만나다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 된서방(을) 맞다[만나다]
  • 된서방을 맞다
  • 된서방 맞다
  • 된서방을 만나다 Unverified form
  • 된서방 만나다 Unverified form

English rendering Face a very trying situation Literal translation: “Receive [meet] a stern husband”

Meaning 1

몹시 어렵고 까다로운 일을 당하다.

Encounter something extremely difficult and troublesome.

Dictionary example 1

집주인의 심한 잔소리를 듣고 있자니 꼭 된서방을 맞은 것처럼 마음이 스산했다.

Listening to the landlord's relentless nagging, I felt bleak, as though saddled with a stern husband.
동의어 된서방에 걸리다

Write this idiom by hand

Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.

Writing text된서방 맞다

Korean PDF · A4 · Worksheet: 1 page · 100.5 KB

Open PDF · print Save PDF
All handwriting books

Find this idiom in a book

Explore on the maps

Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.

Idioms sharing this illustration

These idioms share an illustration on this site. Sharing an illustration does not mean they have the same meaning.

Video

A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.

Open the video file Save video

Related idioms

The Standard Korean Language Dictionary links these idioms as similar expressions.

Illustration of the first meaning of “된서방에 걸리다”: To encounter a very difficult and demanding situation. Shared · 2 run into a very difficult situation To encounter a very difficult and demanding situation.

Other idioms linked to the same spot on the map.

View all 88 idioms
Illustration of the first meaning of “막하를 잡다”: Of a commander, choose the staff they will lead. Select one's staff Of a commander, choose the staff they will lead. Illustration of the first meaning of “머슴을 살다”: To serve as a hired farmhand. work as a hired farmhand To serve as a hired farmhand. Illustration of the first meaning of “모군을 서다”: Work as a hired laborer Work as a hired laborer Work as a hired laborer Illustration of the first meaning of “뱃놈 배 둘러대듯”: Figuratively, the manner of deftly changing one’s story to suit circumstances, as a boatman easily turns the bow in any direction Talk one’s way around circumstances Figuratively, the manner of deftly changing one’s story to suit circumstances, as a boatman easily turns the bow in any direction Illustration of the first meaning of “벗바리가 좋다”: Have many people providing backing Have powerful backing Have many people providing backing Illustration of the first meaning of “병신이 육갑하다”: For a worthless person to behave absurdly A fool acting absurdly For a worthless person to behave absurdly Illustration of the first meaning of “사돈의 팔촌”: A distant relative scarcely different from a stranger. An extremely distant relative A distant relative scarcely different from a stranger. Illustration of the first meaning of “사람 같지 않다”: To lack the conduct or virtues a person ought to have. Shared · 2 lack basic human decency To lack the conduct or virtues a person ought to have. Illustration of the first meaning of “사람 살려”: A cry uttered in a situation so urgent that one feels one’s life is endangered Help! A cry uttered in a situation so urgent that one feels one’s life is endangered Illustration of the first meaning of “사람 죽이다”: Be greatly strained and weary by an excessively demanding situation. 3 meanings Be exhausting; be absurd; be delightful Be greatly strained and weary by an excessively demanding situation.

Browse in Hangul order.

Share card: Face a very trying situation

“된서방을 맞다” — Face a very trying situation: Encounter something extremely difficult and troublesome.
Download image