Idioms linked to “죽다01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering do or die Literal translation: “either death or collapse”
A figurative expression for risking every danger and exerting all one’s strength.
Dictionary example 1
이 정도 위협에 물러설 내가 아니다. 죽기 아니면 까무러치기 이다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text죽기 아니면 까무러치기
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
strain with all one’s might To exert all one’s strength despite something being extremely difficult. 
Hate something more than death Dislike something intensely 
Under no circumstances Used with a negative: absolutely impossible, however hard one tries 
2 meanings Always; inevitably Always, without thinking of other matters. 
2 meanings be as good as dead A figurative expression for being no different from dead because one’s prospects of living are uncertain. 
Endure terrible hardship Experience extremely severe hardship 
With single-minded desperation Figuratively, rush into one task with one's heart entirely absorbed, neglecting everything else. 
work one’s ass off To put enormous effort into something. 
2 meanings Go all out or be devoted to each other Figuratively, throw oneself in with all one’s strength 
because one cannot die Reluctantly, having no other option. Browse in Hangul order.
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