WORDROW Korean Idioms 쪽을 못 쓰다
- Form listed in the dictionary: 쪽을 못 쓰다
- 쪽을 못 쓰다
English rendering Be helpless before someone Literal translation: “Be unable to use a piece”
Meaning 1
기가 눌려 꼼짝 못 하다.
Be intimidated and unable to act
Dictionary example 1
그의 힘센 주먹 앞에서는 쪽을 못 쓰고 가만히 있었다.
Before his powerful fists, I was helpless and stayed still.
Meaning 2
무엇에 반하여 꼼짝 못 하다.
Be so infatuated with something that one is helpless
Dictionary example 1
나는 그녀만 보면 쪽을 못 쓴다.
Whenever I see her, I am helplessly smitten.
