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Korean idiom Run about busily

Idioms linked to “발-바닥” · Linked dictionary word

발바닥에 불이 일다 [나다] Possible alternative: “나다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 발바닥에 불이 일다[나다]
  • 발바닥에 불이 일다
  • 발바닥에 불이 나다 Unverified form

English rendering Run about busily Literal translation: “Fire rises [breaks out] on the soles”

Meaning 1

부리나케 여기저기 돌아다니다.

Hurry about from place to place

Dictionary example 1

그녀는 요즘 딸의 혼수 준비로 발바닥에 불이 일 정도로 바쁘게 다닌다.

She is running about frantically these days preparing her daughter’s wedding furnishings.

Dictionary example 2

이 사업이 성공하려면 우리 모두 발바닥에 불이 나야 한다.

For this business to succeed, we must all run ourselves off our feet.

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“발바닥에 불이 일다” — Run about busily: Hurry about from place to place
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