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Korean idiom Make grueling efforts

Idioms linked to “살01” · Linked dictionary word

살을 깎고 뼈를 갈다

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English rendering Make grueling efforts Literal translation: “Shave flesh and grind bones”

Meaning 1

몸이 야윌 만큼 몹시 고생하며 애쓰다.

Suffer and toil so severely that one’s body becomes emaciated

Dictionary example 1

살을 깎고 뼈를 가는 노력 없이 큰일을 이룰 수 없다.

One cannot accomplish great things without grueling effort.

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“살을 깎고 뼈를 갈다” — Make grueling efforts: Suffer and toil so severely that one’s body becomes emaciated
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