21. 녹초가 됐어요

Question 1

간이 크다 (반: 간이 작다)

Answer 1

겁이 없고 매우 용감하다
to have no fear, to be bold (ant.: to have many fears)
(to have a big liver, ant.: to have a small liver)

Question 2

꿩 구워 먹은 소식

Answer 2

소식이 전혀 없음을 비유적으로 이르는 말
hearing nothing from someone, no news
(news that someone ate a broiled pheasant)

Question 3

녹초가 되다

Answer 3

몹시 지쳐서 기운이 없고 피곤하게 되다
to be exhausted
(to become a melted candle)

Question 4

도마에 오르다

Answer 4

비판의 대상이 되다
to be the target of criticism
(to be on the cutting board)

Question 5

떡이 되다

Answer 5

크게 어려운 일을 당하거나 매를 맞거나 술에 취해서 정신이 없다
to become a mess (from going through something difficult or overdrinking)
(to become a piece of rice cake)

Question 6

물거품이 되다

Answer 6

노력이 헛되게 되다
to become nothing, to end in failure
(to dissolve into bubbles)

Question 7

사족을 못 쓰다

Answer 7

어떤 것을 너무 좋아하거나 혹하여 꼼짝 못 하다
to really like something or someone
(to not be able to move one’s limbs)

Question 8

줄행랑을 놓다

Answer 8

낌새를 채고 피하여 달아나다
to run away
(for servants, to make a hasty retreat)

Question 9

필름이 끊기다 (비)

Answer 9

정신이나 기억을 잃다
to get drunk to the point of losing one’s memory (slang)
(film is cut off)

Question 10

하늘이 노래지다

Answer 10

1) 갑자기 기력이 다하다
2) 정신을 잃을 정도로 충격을 받다
1) to have no energy, to become dizzy
2) to be dazed as a result of severe shock
(the sky turns yellow)