Idioms linked to “배01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Be desperately hungry Literal translation: “One's belly sticks to one's back”
Have a hollow belly and be extremely hungry from lack of food.
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3일을 길을 잃고 산속에서 헤매었더니 배가 등에 붙었다.
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2 meanings Have an illicit affair; collude Usually of a man and woman in an illicit relationship, secretly agree and have sexual relations. 
be sick with envy To feel spite because someone else is doing well. 
2 meanings Hold out or swagger Resist without meeting another’s demand 
Live in comfortable plenty Live comfortably with abundant means or a prosperous household. 
line one’s own pockets To satisfy selfish desires by taking much wealth or profit for oneself. 
Burn with envy Fret spitefully over another person’s success 
Shared · 2 become well-off For one’s living circumstances to become comfortable. 
Shared · 2 Become comfortably prosperous Become financially comfortable 
Put on flesh through good eating Gain weight from eating well. 
be able to eat one’s fill For circumstances to improve so that one can fill a previously hungry belly. 
Reach adulthood Grow up and become an adult 
be only a newborn To be a baby so young that the stump left by cutting the umbilical cord has not yet fallen off. 
Have sexual relations Of a man and woman, have sexual relations. 
Shared · 2 Laugh uproariously Find something extremely funny. 
laugh holding one’s sides To clutch one’s stomach and laugh loudly, unable to restrain one’s laughter. 
Shared · 2 Be hilariously funny Be extremely funny 
Be utterly laughable Be utterly ridiculous because the behavior is so absurd or childish. 
Be brazenly arrogant Be extremely haughty and insolent in behavior or speech 
Be shameless or brazen Lack decency and be shameless, or have strong nerve 
Shared · 2 Be starving A vulgar expression for a hollow belly and intense hunger from lack of food. Browse in Hangul order.
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