Idioms linked to “물01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Oil and water Literal translation: “Water and oil”
A relationship in which people fail to mix and remain detached
Dictionary example 1
그들 둘은 물과 기름 처럼 서로 어울리지 못했다.
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Writing text물과 기름
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Be incompatible A mutually incompatible or opposed state, or things in such a state. 
Treat someone as a pushover Regard someone as insignificant or easy to handle 
be utterly bland To have no flavor and be bland. 
Look like a drowned rat Figuratively, the disheveled appearance of being thoroughly drenched 
Shared · 2 fall suddenly silent A figurative expression for many people suddenly becoming quiet or solemn. 
moisten and resift rice-cake flour To sprinkle honey water or cold water on rice-cake flour, rub it by hand, and sift it again. 
Shared · 2 Take healing spring water Visit a medicinal spring to drink its water or wash one’s body to prevent or cure illness 
Bring water into a place Bring water in so that it collects or is contained somewhere. 
lose one’s vitality For a person to lose vitality through exhaustion or loss of purpose. 
Develop blisters Have blisters form on the skin 
Stop at nothing Act obstinately without considering danger or difficulty 
Be steeped in an influence Be so deeply influenced that it permeates one's life. 
Act without any judgment Act recklessly without distinguishing right and wrong or examining matters 
Be as vast or deep as the sea Mean that something is extremely vast or deep 
A vast crowd mills about For an innumerable crowd in white clothes to gather and murmur 
the tip of the iceberg A figurative expression meaning that most is hidden and what is visible outside is only a tiny portion. 
Feel as though treading thin ice Feel deeply anxious because things are precarious 
With extreme caution Very carefully through fear. 
Shared · 2 Take healing spring water Visit a medicinal spring to drink its water or wash one’s body to prevent or cure illness 
Floodwaters sweep through For heavy rain to make a river or stream overflow and sweep through fields Browse in Hangul order.
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