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Korean idiom Be brazen-faced

Idioms linked to “얼굴” · Linked dictionary word

얼굴이 꽹과리 같다

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  • 얼굴이 꽹과리 같다

English rendering Be brazen-faced Literal translation: “The face is like a small gong”

Meaning 1

(비유적으로) 사람이 염치가 없고 뻔뻔스럽다.

Figuratively, be shameless and brazen

Dictionary example 1

염치 좋기로 소문나고 얼굴이 꽹과리 같은 그가 어찌 이 정도의 모멸에 포기하겠는가?

Known for shamelessness and a face like a brass gong, how could he give up over so slight an insult?

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“얼굴이 꽹과리 같다” — Be brazen-faced: Figuratively, be shameless and brazen
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