관용 표현 Flashcards by rebekah lai

가슴(이) 저리다

heartbreaking

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가슴에 못(을) 박다

deeply hurt sb’s feelings

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가슴이 내려앉다

greatly surprised/ startled

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가시방석에 앉다

on pins and needles/ feel nerve-racking

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가시밭길을 가다/ 가시밭길을 걷다

follow a thorny path, live a tough [hard] life

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간(이) 떨어지다

be extremely startled, be scared out of one’s wits/ to death

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간담이 서늘하다

be scared [frightened] out of one’s wits

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골치 아프다

annoying [troublesome]/ pain in the neck

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골칫덩이

nuisance

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국수를 먹다

wedding reception

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굴뚝 같다

eager, anxious

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귀(가) 따갑다/ 귀(가) 아프다

be tired of hearing, one’s ears are sore

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귀(에) 익다

sounds familiar

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굴뚝 같다

be anxious [eager] (to do)

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날을 잡다

fix/ set the date

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귀(에) 익다

sounds familiar, be accustomed to hearing

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귀가 가렵다/ 귀가 간지럽다

feel one’s ears burning

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귀가 뚫리다

one’s ears become clear, begin to understand

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귀를 의심하다

think sth is hard to believe

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귀에 거슬리다

offend one’s ear, be jarring on the ear

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귀에 들어가다

come to sb’s knowledge

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기가 막히다

be dumbfounded/ at a loss for words, incredible/ amazing

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기가 죽다

be dispirited/ disheartened

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깨소금 맛

“the flavour of sesame seeds with salt”

serves sb right (for doing sth), be bitter-sweet

날개 돋치다

give [allow] full play to sth

눈(꼴)이 시다

hate to see

눈알이 빠지게[빠지도록] 기다리다

wait desperately to an extent that one's eyeballs fall out

눈(앞)이 캄캄하다

feel shocked/ disoriented, feels like one was knocked out/ blacked out/ plunged into darkness

눈(에) 띄다

attract attention/ catch sb's eye, be noticed/ seen

눈(을) 돌리다

avert one's eyes from sb/sth, divert one's attention away

눈(을) 맞추다

meet sb's eyes

눈(을) 밝히다

fix one's eye (on sb/sth), be on the alert (for sth)

눈(을) 붙이다

get some sleep [shut-eye]/ little nap

눈(을) 속이다

deceive sb's eyes, trick sb into sth

눈(이) 많다

be in front of [before] many eyes

눈(이) 꺼지다

one's eyes become hollow??

눈(이) 높다

have high standards [expectations]/ a good eye for sth

눈에 거슬리다

be an eyesore

눈(이) 삐다

sprain one's eyes???

눈에 불을 켜다

sb's eyes are blazing (with greed [interest]), anger in sb's eyes

눈에 밟히다

at the back of one's mind/ engraved in one's heart [memory]

눈에 불을 켜다

sb's eyes are blazing (with greed), anger in sb's eyes

눈에 익다

look familiar, be accustomed to seeing

눈에서 벗어나다

get out of sb's sight, escape from sb's watch

눈을 끌다

attract/ catch sb's attention

눈을 의심하다

doubt one's eyes

눈이 벌겋다/ 눈이 시뻘겋다

sb's eyes are burning with greed, be eager to gain sth (from doing sth)

머리(를) 하다

get one's hair don

닮고 닮다

???

담을 쌓다

have no interest at all, cut oneself off from sth

뜸(을) 들이다

beat around the bush, be sluggish

마음(을) 비우다

clear/ empty one's mind (of sth)

맛을 들이다

acquire a taste for sth, take a liking for sb/ sth

머리(를) 하다

get one's hair done

머리(를) 하다

get one's hair done

머리(를) 하다

get one's hair done???

머리(가) 썩다

???

머리(를) 굴리다

put one's brain to work/ thinking cap on