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Korean idiom show no promise

Idioms linked to “싹01” · Linked dictionary word

싹이 노랗다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 싹이 노랗다
  • 싹이 노랗다

English rendering show no promise Literal translation: “the sprout is yellow”

Meaning 1

잘될 가능성이나 희망이 애초부터 보이지 아니하다.

To show no possibility or hope of doing well from the outset.

Dictionary example 1

벌써부터 어머니 지갑을 뒤지다니 그 아이도 싹이 노랗다 .

Already rifling through his mother’s wallet—that child shows no promise.

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“싹이 노랗다” — show no promise: To show no possibility or hope of doing well from the outset.
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