Idioms linked to “오금01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Be itching to do something Literal translation: “The backs of one's knees ache”
Be unable to stay still because one wants to do something.
Dictionary example 1
아이는 친구들과 놀고 싶어 오금이 쑤셨지만 부엌에서 일하시는 어머니 때문에 나가지 못하고 있다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text오금이 쑤시다
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A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
feel a guilty anxiety To worry that one’s wrongdoing may be exposed or bring bad consequences. 
Shared · 4 Flee for dear life Run away with all one’s strength and utmost urgency 
Be wildly restless Describe being unable to stay calmly in one place and fussing about excitedly, as though a whirlwind behind the knees made one float restlessly about. 
rush busily about A figurative expression for rushing about busily in search of something, meaning that one’s legs move so often they seem about to catch fire. 
Take a step Move one’s feet to walk 
Be helplessly captivated or afraid Be unable to move from intense attraction or fear. 
2 meanings Call someone out or firmly restrain Vigorously refute someone who acts or speaks contrary to an earlier boast, using that boast against them 
Shared · 3 relax To live at ease with peace of mind. 
Be unable to move Become unable to move at all 
2 meanings Be restless or dissipated Be unable to remain calmly in one place, becoming excited and rushing recklessly. 
go on foot To walk on one’s own feet without riding anything. 
2 meanings Shared · 2 be desperately poor or overstretched A figurative expression for living in extreme poverty. 
Shared · 2 have lucky timing for a meal To be fortunate enough to happen upon a meal and get to eat. 
Be forestalled Be deprived of the chance to act beforehand 
Shared · 3 Sleep without worries Sleep comfortably with peace of mind. 
Shared · 4 Run for dear life Flee extremely urgently with all one's strength. 
Be held by one’s weakness Have an opponent seize on one’s weakness, leaving one unable to escape 
Belatedly reopen a settled matter Clumsily bring up again words whose discussion has already ended. 
hold someone by a weakness To seize upon another person’s weakness and prevent them from escaping. 
Shared · 4 grovel to someone To flatter and fawn on someone. Browse in Hangul order.
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