Idioms linked to “뼈” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering toil to the bone Literal translation: “the bones melt [melt away]”
To suffer through difficult or arduous work.
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아버지는 여름 내내 뼈가 녹도록 일을 하셨다.
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Shared · 2 Work to the bone Figuratively, endure physical pain for a long time while performing arduous work. 
Shared · 2 Through backbreaking hardship Figuratively, perform strenuous work while enduring physical suffering for a long time 
Be utterly crushed Be so outmatched in a fight that one suffers only losses with nothing left, as though not even bones could be gathered after death. 
suffer searing inner pain For emotional pain or the like to be extremely intense. 
Suffer excruciating pain Be so painful that it is extremely hard to endure 
Devote one's life to an organization Devote oneself to a group or organization for life. 
Shared · 2 be skin and bones To become excessively thin through lack of food or severe illness. 
Shared · 2 Be skin and bones Become excessively thin through hunger, severe illness, or the like 
Pierce to the bone Of resentment, pain, or the like, be so deep and intense as to penetrate the bones. 
Shared · 4 engrave deeply in one’s heart An emphatic expression for remembering something firmly in one’s heart so it is not forgotten. 
2 meanings Make someone melt Make someone feel enchanted 
Grow into adulthood Grow to adulthood. 
2 meanings Have good lineage or firm principles Have distinguished family lineage 
Make something part of oneself Turn experience, ideas, theories, or the like into one’s firm convictions 
Be spiritually nourishing Be mentally or spiritually helpful. 
Shared · 2 Cut to the very marrow An emphatic expression for resentment, pain, or the like being so deep and strong that it seems to penetrate one’s bones 
Drain one’s strength Exhaust someone’s vitality and leave them without strength 
Work oneself to exhaustion Perform extremely strenuous physical work. 
suffer to the marrow To suffer so much that even the insides of one’s bones hurt. 
Have long experience Become familiar with work through spending a long time in a particular place or workplace. Browse in Hangul order.
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