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Korean idiom be left open-mouthed or unable to stop talking

벌린 입을 다물지 못하다

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  • 벌린 입을 다물지 못하다

English rendering be left open-mouthed or unable to stop talking Literal translation: “cannot close one’s opened mouth”

Meaning 1

몹시 감탄하거나 어이없어하다.

To be extremely impressed or dumbfounded.

Dictionary example 1

하는 짓거리를 보니 정말 기가 막혀서 벌린 입을 다물지 못하겠다.

Seeing what they do leaves me so dumbfounded that I cannot close my mouth.
Meaning 2

한번 시작한 이야기를 그치지 못하다.

To be unable to stop a story once one has begun.

Dictionary example 1

그는 이야기를 한번 시작하면 벌린 입을 다물지 못한다.

Once he begins a story, he cannot stop talking.

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“벌린 입을 다물지 못하다” — be left open-mouthed or unable to stop talking: To be extremely impressed or dumbfounded.
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