WORDROW Korean Idioms Idioms linked to “뼈” · Linked dictionary word
뼈도 못 추리다
- Form listed in the dictionary: 뼈도 못 추리다
- 뼈도 못 추리다
English rendering Be utterly crushed Literal translation: “Be unable even to gather one's bones”
Meaning 1
죽은 뒤에 추릴 뼈조차 없을 만큼 상대와 싸움의 적수가 안 되어 손실만 보고 전혀 남는 것이 없다.
Be so outmatched in a fight that one suffers only losses with nothing left, as though not even bones could be gathered after death.
Dictionary example 1
더 이상 까불면 뼈도 못 추릴 줄 알아라.
Keep acting up and you won't even have bones left.
Dictionary example 2
그런 재력가를 고소했다가는 뼈도 못 추리고 손해만 볼 것이다.
Sue a person that wealthy and you'll be utterly crushed, suffering only losses.
