Idioms linked to “물01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Fail to mix with others Literal translation: “Oil on water”
A relationship in which people cannot blend and remain detached.
Dictionary example 1
그는 회사에서도 물 위의 기름 처럼 동료들과 어울리지 못했다.
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Writing text물 위의 기름
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2 meanings Be sleek and graceful; move deftly Figuratively, a person with a very sleek, attractive figure, like a swallow taking flight after skimming the water. 
2 meanings pour down or pour out words For rain to fall extremely heavily. 
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. 
ride the current To conduct oneself in keeping with contemporary trends or circumstances. 
Stop at nothing Act obstinately without considering danger or difficulty 
lose one’s vitality For a person to lose vitality through exhaustion or loss of purpose. 
Develop blisters Have blisters form on the skin 
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 Browse in Hangul order.
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