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씨알이 먹히지 않다

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  • 씨알이 먹히지 않다

English rendering fail to get through Literal translation: “the seed will not take”

Meaning 1

제기한 방법이나 의견이 받아들여지지 않다.

For a proposed method or opinion not to be accepted.

Dictionary example 1

나의 변명은 그녀에게 씨알이 먹히지 않았다.

My excuses did not get through to her at all.
동의어 씨도 먹히지 않다

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Illustration of the first meaning of “씨도 먹히지 않다”: For a proposed method or opinion not to be accepted. Shared · 2 not get through at all For a proposed method or opinion not to be accepted.

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

Illustration of the first meaning of “씨알이 먹다”: Of words or actions, be coherent and substantial. Shared · 3 Have sense and substance Of words or actions, be coherent and substantial.

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“씨알이 먹히지 않다” — fail to get through: For a proposed method or opinion not to be accepted.
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