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밥 구경을 못 하다

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  • 밥 구경을 못 하다

English rendering go without any meals Literal translation: “not get a glimpse of rice”

Meaning 1

밥을 전혀 먹지 못하고 굶다.

To eat no rice or meals at all and go hungry.

Dictionary example 1

밥 구경을 못 한 지 사흘째가 되자 하늘이 노랗게 보이기 시작했다.

On the third day without a meal, the sky began to look yellow.

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These idioms are linked to the same word, “밥”, in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “밥 구경을 하다”: Eat rice after a long interval. Finally get a meal Eat rice after a long interval. Illustration of the first meaning of “밥 먹듯 하다”: Do something often as a matter of course Do something habitually Do something often as a matter of course Illustration of the first meaning of “밥을 벌다”: To obtain food or payment through a certain amount of effort. earn one’s food To obtain food or payment through a certain amount of effort. Illustration of the first meaning of “밥을 주다”: Wind a clock’s spring so it operates properly Wind a clock Wind a clock’s spring so it operates properly

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Illustration of the first meaning of “밥맛이 떨어지다”: Find another’s words, behavior, or the like unpleasant and repulsive Be revolting Find another’s words, behavior, or the like unpleasant and repulsive Illustration of the first meaning of “밥술깨나 먹다”: Be sufficiently well off that food is not a major concern. Be comfortably off Be sufficiently well off that food is not a major concern. Illustration of the first meaning of “밥술을 놓다”: Vulgarly, have one’s life end Shared · 2 Die Vulgarly, have one’s life end Illustration of the first meaning of “밥술을 쥐고 산다”: To sustain a reasonably adequate life without going hungry. keep oneself fed To sustain a reasonably adequate life without going hungry. Illustration of the first meaning of “밥술이나 뜨다”: Live in fairly comfortable financial circumstances Shared · 2 Be reasonably well off Live in fairly comfortable financial circumstances Illustration of the first meaning of “밥알을 세다”: Eat little and pick at rice because of a poor appetite or the like. Pick at one's food Eat little and pick at rice because of a poor appetite or the like. Illustration of the first meaning of “밥알이 곤두서다”: To feel disgusted or offended. feel sickened with irritation To feel disgusted or offended. Illustration of the first meaning of “보리를 타다”: Vulgarly, be beaten Get beaten Vulgarly, be beaten Illustration of the first meaning of “옥밥을 먹다”: Colloquially, to live confined in prison. serve time in prison Colloquially, to live confined in prison. Illustration of the first meaning of “음식 구경을 못 하다”: Starve completely, unable to take even plain water. 2 meanings Go completely without food Starve completely, unable to take even plain water.

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“밥 구경을 못 하다” — go without any meals: To eat no rice or meals at all and go hungry.
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