속담과 관용어 5과 Flashcards
관용어
Idiomatic language
속담 : “호랑이도 제 말하면 온다”
Proverb : “Speak of the devil and he will appear.”
속담 : “개구리 올챙이 적 생각 못한다”
Proverb: “You were a beginner once”
속담: “소 잃고 외양간 고친다”
Proverb: “Don’t regret a mistake once it’s passed”
속담: “고래 싸움에 사우 등 터진다”
Proverb : “An innocent is always hurt by the might of the stronger”
속담: “세 살 버릇 여든까지 간다”
Proverb : “Old habits die hard”
속담: “믿는 도끼에 발등 찍힌다”
Proverb : “to be stabbed in the back”
속담: “원숭이도 나무에서 떨어질 때가 있다”
Proverb: “Even a professional can fall from grace”
속담: “젋아서 고생은 사서도 한다”
Proverb: “Working hard while young will provide greater things later”
속담: “천 리 길도 한 걸음부터”
Proverb: “A thousand mile journey begins with a single step”
속담: “시작이 반이다”
Proverb: “Starting is half the effort”
속담
Proverb
입이 가볍다
To be talkative
입이 무겁다
To be a man of few words
입이 짧다
To have a small appetite
논이 높다
To have high standards
귀가 얇다
To be gullible
발이 넓다
To have a lot of acquaintances
지인
Acquaintance
전쟁
War
폐지하다
To abolish
문법
A/V - 고 해서
N - (이)고 해서
Grammar
When you have many reasons but only say one of them “e.g. Because”
문법
A - 다더니
V - ㄴ/는다더니
N - (이) 라더니
Grammar
You heard or were told something from the past and it’s related to now. The result is opposite to the original speakers words.
인정을 받다
To receive acknowledgement
관련되다
To have a relation.
사랑이 뜨겁다
To have “hot” love
사랑이 식다
To have “cold” love
상식
Common sense
풍부하다
To be abundant
A/V 기(게) 마련이다
Similar meaning to the English phrase :
“it’s bound to..”
Used in a general way.
V - 다 보니까
While doing something, something happened.
A natural way, for example
“한국 사람은 자주 만나다 보니까 한국말을 잘하게 되었다”
제대로
Properly
배신감을 느끼다
To feel betrayed
바람을 피우다
Have an affair
잠수를 타다
Similar English expression : “To drop off the face of the earth”
하필이면
Of all places/people.
장거리 연하다
Long distance relationship
변덕이 심하다
To be fickle
미루다
Put things off
결심하다
To have a firm resolve(determined)
결심
Resolution
지켜보다
To watch/admire
