Idioms linked to “숨01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering a frantic cry Literal translation: “a voice as if one’s breath is passing away”
A sound uttered urgently in extreme haste.
Dictionary example 1
아이는 황급히 뛰어와서는 숨이 넘어가는 소리 로 “아저씨, 아주머니께서 빨리 오시래요.”라고 말했다.
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Writing text숨 넘어가는 소리
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2 meanings Shared · 2 Feel suffocated or intense tension Feel so stifled that one can hardly breathe 
Be barely alive Remain barely alive. 
3 meanings subside For heat, cold, or the like to pass its severe peak. 
Be extremely breathless Be very short of breath. 
3 meanings Feel relief or find a livelihood Have one’s mind calm down 
Have no time to catch one’s breath Have no leisure even to calm one’s labored breathing 
without time to catch one’s breath Without enough respite even to calm one’s panting. 
Shared · 6 Without a moment’s respite Extremely busily, without even time for a short rest 
Shared · 6 Have no time to breathe Be extremely busy without even time for a short rest. 
Shared · 6 Without a moment to breathe Very busily, without even time for a brief rest. 
Kill A vulgar expression for “kill” (homonym 1). 
tighten the noose To bring a vital or decisive point under control. 
give breathing room To resolve a constraining difficulty. 
Die A vulgar expression for the euphemistic “one’s breathing ceases,” meaning “to die” 
Shared · 2 Feel suffocated with frustration Feel so frustrated that one can hardly breathe 
Carry a cherished touch Contain the affection with which something was cherished 
Have nothing to do Have no business activity or work to do 
2 meanings Gape in astonishment; stand aloof Open one's mouth wide in astonishment at something extraordinary or absurd. 
Shared · 6 Take a breather Get through a difficult crisis and gain some respite. 
take a brief rest To rest briefly while doing something. Browse in Hangul order.
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