WORDROW Korean Idioms

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speak clearly and substantively (입이 여물다) For words to be clear and substantial. Speak clearly and substantively (주둥이가 여물다) A disparaging expression for speaking clearly and with substance

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Suffer from one’s own actions (자기뇨를 먹다) Suffer humiliation because of something one has done oneself Suffer from one's own actions (자기수를 먹다) Suffer trouble because of something one has done oneself.

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Defend against check (장군을 받다) In janggi, avoid or block check. Defend against check (장을 받다) In janggi, avoid or block check.

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be weaned (젖꼭지가 떨어지다) For an infant or young animal to stop feeding on milk. be weaned (젖이 떨어지다) For an infant or young animal to stop feeding on milk.

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Become strangely inexplicable (조화가 들다) Become so strange and mysterious that one cannot understand what happened become strangely inexplicable (조화를 먹다) A North Korean idiom meaning to become so strange and uncanny that one cannot understand what happened.

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Receive harsh punishment (주리경을 치다) Receive severe blows, harsh scolding, or cruel punishment. Receive harsh punishment (주릿대경을 치다) Receive severe blows, harsh scolding, or cruel punishment.

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Torture by twisting the legs (주리를 틀다) Apply the punishment of binding the legs together and twisting rods inserted between them inflict twisting leg torture (주릿대를 틀다) To inflict the punishment of twisting the legs with sticks.

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Be short of funds (주머니 사정이 나쁘다) Have insufficient spending funds or money. Be short of money (호주머니 사정이 나쁘다) Have poor funds or money available to spend.

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have ample funds (주머니 사정이 좋다) To have plenty of funds or money available to spend. have ample spending money (호주머니 사정이 좋다) To have plenty of funds or money available to spend.

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be short of money (주머니가 가볍다) To have little money. Be short of money (호주머니가 가볍다) Have little money in one’s possession

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Have plenty of money (주머니가 넉넉하다) Have enough money in one’s possession Have plenty of money (호주머니가 넉넉하다) Have sufficient money.

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Empty one's pockets; rob (주머니를 털다) Offer all the money one has. empty one’s pockets or rob someone (호주머니를 털다) To give up all the money one has.

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Be robbed (주머니를 털리다) Suffer robbery Be robbed (호주머니를 털리다) Suffer robbery

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act as a marriage matchmaker (중매를 들다) To act as an intermediary to arrange a marriage. Arrange a marriage (중신을 들다) Act as an intermediary for a marriage.

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Control at will (쥐고 흔들다) Manipulate an affair or person entirely as one wishes Control at will (쥐었다 폈다 하다) Control an affair or person as one pleases.

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Do nothing but sit at a desk (책상머리나 지키다) Stay in the office or spend one's time only looking at documents rather than engaging with reality and working responsibly. do nothing but sit at a desk (책상머리에만 앉아 있다) To stay in an office or spend time merely reading documents instead of engaging with reality and working responsibly.

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Have an atmosphere of mourning (초상 만난 집과 같다) Have a desolate, sorrowful atmosphere steeped in worry and grief. Have a mournful atmosphere (초상난 집 같다) Be steeped in worry and grief, with a deeply bleak and sorrowful atmosphere

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Declare one's candidacy (출사표를 내다) Announce an intention to join a match, competition, or the like. declare one’s candidacy (출사표를 던지다) To announce one’s intention to enter a competition, contest, or the like.

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Be meddlesome (치마폭이 넓다) Sarcastically, meddle and interfere needlessly in others’ affairs Meddle unnecessarily (치맛자락이 넓다) Sarcastically, interfere and meddle uselessly in others' affairs.

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Jump in anger; crackle with gunfire (콩 튀듯) Figuratively, describe jumping about in intense anger. jump about in fury (콩 튀듯 팥 튀듯) A figurative expression for jumping about in extreme anger.

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make a kite nosedive (퇴김을 주다) In kite flying, to let out the main line so that the kite’s head dives downward. Make a kite dive (튀김을 주다) In kite flying, let out the line to make the kite’s nose plunge downward

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Reject something (퇴를 놓다) Refuse and turn away an object, opinion, or the like. Reject something (퇴짜를 놓다) Refuse an object, opinion, or the like.

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Each day is precious, arduous, or different (하루가 새롭다) Have time be so important that its passing is regrettable. have every moment matter (한시가 새롭다) For time to be precious so that its passing is regretted.

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Have no formal schooling (학교 근처에도 못 가 보다) Receive no formal education at all. never have any schooling (학교는 구경도 못 하다) To receive no formal education at all.