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Korean idiom Care with utter devotion

Idioms linked to “살01” · Linked dictionary word

살이라도 베어 먹이다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 살이라도 베어 먹이다
  • 살이라도 베어 먹이다

English rendering Care with utter devotion Literal translation: “Cut off even one's flesh to feed someone”

Meaning 1

제 몸의 살까지도 베어 먹일 만큼 알뜰히 보살펴 주다.

Care so devotedly that one would cut off one's own flesh to feed the person.

Dictionary example 1

그 아이는 비록 남의 아이지만 내 살이라도 베어 먹이고 싶을 정도로 예쁜 짓만 골라 한다.

Though not my own child, that child behaves so sweetly that I want to give even my flesh to feed them.

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“살이라도 베어 먹이다” — Care with utter devotion: Care so devotedly that one would cut off one's own flesh to feed the person.
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