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Korean idiom be beyond description or entirely right

이를 데 [것] Possible alternative: “것” · Usage not verified 없다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 이를 데[것] 없다
  • 이를 데 없다
  • 이를 것 없다 Unverified form

English rendering be beyond description or entirely right Literal translation: “have nothing [no place] further to say”

Meaning 1

정도가 굉장하여 이루 다 말할 수 없다.

To be so extreme that it cannot be fully described.

Dictionary example 1

슬프기 이를 데 없는 소식.

News of indescribable sadness.

Dictionary example 2

이번 패배는 참담하기 이를 데 없다 .

This defeat is utterly disastrous.
Meaning 2

생각 따위가 아주 옳거나 마땅하여 더 말할 필요가 없다.

For a thought or the like to be so right or appropriate that nothing more need be said.

Dictionary example 1

물론 그것은 이를 데 없는 생각이지만 이 세상은 원칙만으로는 해결되지 않는 일이 너무나 많다.

Of course it is an entirely proper idea, but too many things in this world cannot be solved by principles alone.

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“이를 데 없다” — be beyond description or entirely right: To be so extreme that it cannot be fully described.
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