English rendering Be nervously tense Literal translation: “Swallow dry saliva”
Be extremely tense or anxious.
Dictionary example 1
애가 탄 철수는 자꾸 마른침을 삼키고 있었다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text마른침을 삼키다
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
Have glossy, well-fed baby skin Have plump flesh from milk feeding and glossy skin 
Shared · 3 Show immaturity Show an attitude or air of mental or physical immaturity. 
Shared · 3 show immaturity To display an attitude or appearance of mental or physical immaturity. 
Wean Stop feeding milk to an infant or young animal and let it grow by eating other food. 
Shared · 2 be weaned For an infant or young animal to stop feeding on milk. 
Struggle under pressure Strain so much over a difficult or awkward situation that nervous sweat appears. 
mark as one’s own To indicate that something is one’s own property. 
Spurn with contempt Despise something as utterly petty or dirty, refusing even to look back at it 
2 meanings Shared · 4 Crave food or possession Want very much to eat food or the like. 
Shared · 5 Speak until one’s mouth runs dry Speak repeatedly about another person or object Browse in Hangul order.
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