Idioms linked to “발-꿈치” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering be hurt by someone one helped Literal translation: “have one’s heel bitten”
To suffer unexpected harm from someone to whom one has shown kindness.
Dictionary example 1
그는 지금 친구를 위해 보증을 서 주다가 발꿈치를 물려 철창신세라네.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text발꿈치를 물리다
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Shared · 2 Harm one's benefactor Harm someone who has shown one kindness. 
Shared · 2 Face an urgent crisis Have a matter become extremely pressing 
Beat someone to an action Do first something another person intends to do. 
Be beaten to an action Have someone else do first something one intends to do. 
sabotage or harm someone To spoil another person’s affairs or cause them harm. 
Shared · 2 be betrayed To be betrayed by another person. 
Handle the immediate crisis Handle or resolve a pressing or difficult matter immediately at hand 
Be trapped in a situation Be unable to escape a difficult situation or task. 
2 meanings hold someone back To keep someone firmly tied to a matter so that they cannot escape it. 
2 meanings Be tied down Be held fast by something and unable to escape Browse in Hangul order.
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