Idioms linked to “목01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering wait with desperate longing Literal translation: “wait until the neck falls out”
To wait with intense longing and anxiety.
Dictionary example 1
명절 때마다 그녀는 마을 어귀까지 나가 서울에 있는 오빠가 오기를 목이 빠지게 기다리곤 했다.
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Be fired Be dismissed from a workplace 
At the top of one’s voice With all the voice one can muster 
Be very thirsty Feel intense thirst. 
a barely audible voice A low voice that is barely audible. 
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. 
Raise one's voice Raise one's voice. 
sing at the top of one’s voice To sing in a loud voice. 
Shared · 2 Lose one’s job Vulgarly, come to lose one’s job 
shrink back in embarrassment The manner of drawing in one’s neck out of embarrassment or shame. 
Shrink back Of something or its momentum, shrink back. 
have one’s crime exposed For one’s wrongdoing to be revealed. 
Probe someone’s intentions Sound out another’s inner thoughts 
Pressure relentlessly Urge or corner someone severely. 
keep someone pinned down To seize another person’s weakness and prevent them from moving. 
Hold someone fast Make someone unable to move or escape Browse in Hangul order.
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