Idioms linked to “머리01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Make every effort Literal translation: “Wrap up one’s head”
Try with all one’s strength
Dictionary example 1
나는 머리를 싸매고 시험 준비를 했다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text머리 싸매다
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
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. 
Shared · 2 rear its head For suppressed or concealed thoughts, forces, or the like to appear openly. 
let one’s hair down in mourning To undo one’s coiled hair upon a bereavement. 
Shake one’s head in refusal Express strong rejection or shudder with aversion 
Shared · 2 Fix firmly in memory Remember an object or fact firmly 
Keep circling in one's mind Have an unclear thought recur continually. 
Shared · 2 engrave in one’s memory To remember an object or fact firmly. 
Grow gray or old Have one’s hair turn gray, or grow old 
Have one's mind seize up Lose motivation or thought in an unpleasant, frightening situation. 
Shared · 2 since one was born Since one came into the world. 
Shared · 5 Still be a mere child Still be far from adulthood, or be young 
Shared · 2 Have one’s hair stand on end Have one’s nerves tighten sharply through fear or surprise 
Shared · 2 Have one's hair stand on end Have nerves become acutely tense through fear or shock. 
Shared · 2 since one was born A disparaging expression meaning since one came into the world. Browse in Hangul order.
WORDROW Korean Idioms