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Korean idiom drink more as one gets drunker

Idioms linked to “술01” · Linked dictionary word

술이 술을 먹다

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  • 술이 술을 먹다

English rendering drink more as one gets drunker Literal translation: “liquor drinks liquor”

Meaning 1

취할수록 자꾸 더 술을 마시다.

To keep drinking more as one becomes more intoxicated.

Dictionary example 1

술도 못하는 자네가 그렇게 많이 마시다니 술이 술을 먹은 거군.

You cannot normally drink, yet you drank so much—the liquor must have taken over.

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“술이 술을 먹다” — drink more as one gets drunker: To keep drinking more as one becomes more intoxicated.
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