WORDROW Korean Idioms Idioms linked to “숨-통” · Linked dictionary word
숨통이 끊어지다
- Form listed in the dictionary: 숨통이 끊어지다
- 숨통이 끊어지다
English rendering Die Literal translation: “The airway is severed”
Meaning 1
생명이 없어지거나 끊어지는 것을 속되게 이르는 말.
A vulgar expression for the euphemistic “one’s breathing ceases,” meaning “to die”
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‘숨(이) 끊어지다’를 속되게 이르는 말.
Dictionary example 1
그는 전쟁 통에서 숨통이 끊어지지 않고 살아남은 것만으로도 감사했다.
He was grateful merely to have survived the war without being killed.
