Idioms linked to “목-구멍” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Barely keep hunger at bay Literal translation: “Paste the throat”
Barely survive without starving
Dictionary example 1
그는 얼마 안 되는 월급으로 겨우 목구멍에 풀칠하며 산다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text목구멍에 풀칠하다
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A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
2 meanings be caught by a weakness To have a weakness or vital point seized upon. 
Go hungry through poverty Become unable to eat anything because of poverty 
3 meanings Be unable to swallow; be blocked; worry Have food or the like fail to pass down the throat because of shock. 
even at knifepoint An expression for persisting to the end whatever happens, meaning one will desperately refuse to yield even prepared to die. 
Put on airs Act pompously or as though looking down on others 
Show off one's authority Show off one's authority, ability, or the like. 
2 meanings stake one’s life or job To resolve to give one’s life. 
Shared · 2 at the top of one’s voice Loudly without restraint or reserve, chiefly when crying or shouting. 
Shared · 4 Fire someone Dismiss someone from a workplace 
Shared · 4 Dismiss someone Expel someone from a workplace Browse in Hangul order.
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