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Idioms linked to “손01” · Linked dictionary word

손 (이) The part “이” may be omitted. 크다

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English rendering Be generous or resourceful Literal translation: “The hands are large”

Meaning 1

씀씀이가 후하고 크다.

Spend generously and on a large scale

Dictionary example 1

손이 큰 어머니는 친구가 오면 언제나 음식을 푸짐하게 차리곤 하셨다.

Generous Mother always prepared abundant food when friends came.
동의어 손이 걸다
Meaning 2

수단이 좋고 많다.

Have many effective means at one’s disposal

Dictionary example 1

그는 손이 커서 그가 주선하는 일이라면 안 되는 일이 없다.

He is so resourceful that anything he arranges succeeds.
동의어 손이 걸다

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Illustration of the first meaning of “손이 걸다”: Spend generously and on a large scale. 2 meanings Shared · 2 Be generous; have effective means Spend generously and on a large scale.

These idioms are linked to the same word, “손”, in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “손이야 발이야”: Describes pleading desperately for forgiveness. Beg for forgiveness Describes pleading desperately for forgiveness. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 걸리다”: Be caught within someone's grasp. 3 meanings Be caught; be plentiful; get into one's work Be caught within someone's grasp. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 땀을 쥐다”: To feel intense suspense and anxiety over a precarious situation. be on the edge of one’s seat To feel intense suspense and anxiety over a precarious situation. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 물 한 방울 묻히지 않고 살다”: For a woman to live comfortably in luxury without hard work Live in pampered ease For a woman to live comfortably in luxury without hard work Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 붙다”: Become skilled, increasing motivation and efficiency. 2 meanings Become proficient; get into work Become skilled, increasing motivation and efficiency. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 손을 잡다”: To unite one’s strength warmly and cooperate. join hands To unite one’s strength warmly and cooperate. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 오르다”: For work to become familiar to one’s hands Shared · 2 Become familiar through practice For work to become familiar to one’s hands Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 익다”: Become accustomed to a task. Shared · 2 Become practiced Become accustomed to a task. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 잡히다”: Become calm, willing to work, and efficient. Be able to focus on work Become calm, willing to work, and efficient. Illustration of the first meaning of “손에 잡힐 듯하다”: To look very close or distinct. seem within reach To look very close or distinct.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “손톱 제기다”: Press with a fingernail to leave a mark Mark with one’s nails Press with a fingernail to leave a mark Illustration of the first meaning of “손톱 하나 까딱하지 않다”: Critically express that someone brazenly idles without doing anything. Shared · 3 Not lift a finger Critically express that someone brazenly idles without doing anything. Illustration of the first meaning of “손톱도 안 들어가다”: Have an extremely firm, ungenerous character. Be unyielding and tightfisted Have an extremely firm, ungenerous character. Illustration of the first meaning of “손톱을 튀기다”: To pass one’s time idling instead of working. idle away one’s time To pass one’s time idling instead of working. Illustration of the first meaning of “수족이 멀쩡하다”: Have an intact body capable of doing work. Be physically able Have an intact body capable of doing work. Illustration of the first meaning of “수지톱을 가시다”: An expression used at court for cutting one’s fingernails. trim one’s nails An expression used at court for cutting one’s fingernails. Illustration of the first meaning of “쌍수를 들다”: Gladly support or welcome something Welcome enthusiastically Gladly support or welcome something Illustration of the first meaning of “엄지손가락으로 치다”: Consider someone first among many Rank as the best Consider someone first among many Illustration of the first meaning of “일손을 놓다”: To stop one’s working hands briefly. pause one’s work To stop one’s working hands briefly. Illustration of the first meaning of “일손을 떼다”: Stop the work one has been doing 2 meanings Shared · 2 Stop or finish working Stop the work one has been doing

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“손이 크다” — Be generous or resourceful: Spend generously and on a large scale
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