Idioms linked to “머리01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Use one’s brains Literal translation: “Roll one’s head”
Use one’s mind to devise a solution
Dictionary example 1
자동차가 고장이 났는데 어떻게 하면 고칠 수 있는지 네가 좀 머리를 굴려 봐라.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text머리 굴리다
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Shared · 2 Bow in submission Submit or display a deferential stance. 
scratch one’s head in embarrassment To scratch one’s head to ease awkwardness when one is shy or embarrassed and does not know what to do. 
2 meanings Become a monk or serve prison time Become a Buddhist monk 
Be forced into something Have something forced on one by another. 
put in an appearance To show oneself at a place. 
Shared · 2 Emerge from suppression For suppressed or hidden thoughts, forces, or the like to emerge outwardly 
Put one's heads together Face one another to discuss or decide something. 
2 meanings put one’s heads together To gather close together for an important discussion. 
Shared · 3 Feel deeply disappointed Be extremely disappointed or discouraged. 
2 meanings Shared · 2 Bow in submission or respect Submit or show a humble attitude 
Clear one's head Calm an excited or tense mind. 
with all one’s strength With all one’s strength and heart. 
Make every effort Try with all one’s strength 
Shared · 2 rack one’s brains To agonize over something and become absorbed in thought. 
Think carefully Consider various aspects deeply or devise ideas. 
3 meanings Shared · 2 arrange hair up or enter married life To braid a woman’s long hair in two sections, cross them behind both ears, and coil them together above the forehead. 
2 meanings Initiate a courtesan or marry off a woman Have relations with a young courtesan and thereby put her hair up 
3 meanings Shared · 2 Put up one's hair; become a full gisaeng; marry Braid a woman's long hair in two, cross the braids behind the ears, and coil them together above the forehead. 
Rack one’s brains Think hard with extreme effort 
Weigh heavily on one's mind Receive a strong mental stimulus. Browse in Hangul order.
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