WORDROW Korean Idioms Idioms linked to “맺다” · Linked dictionary word
맺거니 듣거니
- Form listed in the dictionary: 맺거니 듣거니
- 맺거니 듣거니
English rendering Gather and fall in drops Literal translation: “Gather and drip”
Meaning 1
눈물 따위가 글썽글썽하여 맺히거니 떨어지거니.
Of tears or the like, well up, gather, and fall.
Dictionary example 1
가만히 고개만 숙이고 있다가 남편을 바라보는 아내의 두 눈에는 벌써 눈물이 맺거니 듣거니 하였다.
The wife merely lowered her head for a while, then looked at her husband with tears already gathering and falling in both eyes.
