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Korean idiom Drown or dispose of a body in water

어복에 장사 지내다

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  • 어복에 장사 지내다

English rendering Drown or dispose of a body in water Literal translation: “Hold a burial in a fish’s belly”

Meaning 1

물에 빠져 죽다. 또는 물에 빠뜨려 죽이다.

Drown, or kill someone by drowning

Dictionary example 1

수영도 못하는 애가 그 깊은 데를 들어가다니, 어복에 장사 지낼 일 있나?

A child who cannot swim entering water so deep—is there a wish to be buried in a fish’s belly?
Meaning 2

사람을 죽여 물에 던져 버리다.

Kill someone and throw their body into water

Dictionary example 1

들리는 소문에 의하면 주인어른이 그의 어미를 어복에 장사 지낸 일이 있다고 한다.

Rumor has it that the master killed his mother and threw her into the water.

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“어복에 장사 지내다” — Drown or dispose of a body in water: Drown, or kill someone by drowning
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