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Korean idiom Hold on persistently; pick at words

Idioms linked to “물다02” · Linked dictionary word

물고 늘어지다

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  • 물고 늘어지다

English rendering Hold on persistently; pick at words Literal translation: “Bite and hang on”

Meaning 1

어떤 일을 진득하게 붙잡고 놓지 아니하다.

Persistently seize a matter and refuse to let it go.

Dictionary example 1

그는 한번 틀린 수학 문제는 완전하게 풀릴 때까지 물고 늘어지는 성미였다.

Whenever he got a math problem wrong, he stuck with it until he solved it completely.

Dictionary example 2

한번 마음먹으면 끝내 물고 늘어지는 남편의 집념이 결국 그 일을 성사시켰다.

His persistence, holding on to anything once resolved, eventually accomplished the task.
Meaning 2

꼬투리나 말끝을 잡아 자꾸 캐어 묻거나 덤비다.

Repeatedly question or challenge someone by seizing on a pretext or their wording.

Dictionary example 1

너 기분 나쁘게 내가 하는 말에 자꾸 물고 늘어지는데 다시는 그러지 마라.

You keep unpleasantly picking at what I say; don't do it again.

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“물고 늘어지다” — Hold on persistently; pick at words: Persistently seize a matter and refuse to let it go.
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