Idioms linked to “목01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering stake one’s life or job Literal translation: “stake the neck”
To resolve to give one’s life.
Dictionary example 1
목을 걸고 맹세하다.
To risk dismissal from one’s job.
Dictionary example 1
과장의 제안에 목을 걸고 반대하다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text목을 걸다
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A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
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 
Become agitated Become extremely angry or excited. 
Shared · 4 Fire someone Dismiss someone from work. 
strangle someone’s prospects To torment someone and bring them to ruin or make life unbearable. 
Quench one’s thirst Drink water or the like because one is thirsty 
Shared · 4 Dismiss someone Dismiss someone from work. 
stab someone in the throat To stab the neck with a knife or the like. 
warm up one’s voice To prepare one’s voice before traditional singing, a song, a speech, or the like. 
2 meanings Have one’s life or job in danger Face a mortal crisis 
Be stiff-necked Refuse readily to yield to others and be very obstinate 
2 meanings Shared · 4 Be killed or fired Be killed. 
have one’s position on the line To be in danger of losing one’s position. 
2 meanings Shared · 4 Be killed or removed from office Be killed 
With desperate longing With intense anxious longing. 
choke with sorrow For sorrow to well up. 
2 meanings Survive; hang on to a position Remain alive. 
Shared · 4 wait with desperate longing To wait with intense longing and anxiety. 
Be fired Be dismissed from a workplace Browse in Hangul order.
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