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Korean idiom Go completely without food

음식 구경을 못 하다

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  • 음식 구경을 못 하다

English rendering Go completely without food Literal translation: “Not even see food”

Meaning 1

맹물조차 전혀 입에 대지 못하고 완전히 굶다.

Starve completely, unable to take even plain water.

Dictionary example 1

며칠 동안 입덧이 심해서 음식 구경을 못 했다.

For days, severe morning sickness kept me from eating anything.
Meaning 2

음식이 완전히 동이 나서 아무것도 먹을 것이 없다. 또는 먹을 것이 매우 부족하다.

Have food entirely run out with nothing to eat, or have very little food.

Dictionary example 1

잔치라고 해서 잔뜩 기대하고 갔는데 음식 구경을 못 할 정도로 엉망이었다.

I went eagerly because it was a feast, but it was so badly arranged there was hardly food to be seen.

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“음식 구경을 못 하다” — Go completely without food: Starve completely, unable to take even plain water.
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