5과 (4A) (proverbs and idioms)

Question 1

One must remember what it was like to be less experienced.

Answer 1

개구리 올챙이 작 생각 못한다

Question 2

Innocent people are injured during the conflicts of the powerful.

Answer 2

고래 싸움에 새우 등 터진다

Question 3

Trust is the mother of treason(zdrada).
(“Get stabbed by an axe that one trusts”)

Answer 3

믿는 도끼에 발등 찍힌다

Question 4

Bad habits die hard : as the boy so the man.

Answer 4

세 살 버릇 여든까지 간다

Question 5

It is useless to take precautions after the crises has already happened.

Answer 5

소 잃고 외양간 고친다

Question 6

Starting is half the job.

Answer 6

시작이 반이다

Question 7

Everyone makes a mistake at one time or another.

Answer 7

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어질 때가 있다.

Question 8

Early training means more than late learning.

Answer 8

젊어서 고생은 사서도한다

Question 9

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step.

Answer 9

천 리 길도 한걸음부터

Question 10

Speak of the devil (and he will appear).

Answer 10

호랑이도 제 말하면 온다

Question 11

to be loose-lipped / be a big mouth /talkative

Answer 11

입이 가볍다

Question 12

to be tight-lipped / be a man of few words (dont say a word, dont reveal a secret)

Answer 12

입이 무겁다

Question 13

to have a small appetite

Answer 13

입이 짧다

Question 14

easily swayed by what others say

Answer 14

귀가 얇다

Question 15

to be choosy (not easily satisfied)

Answer 15

눈이 높다

Question 16

to have a wide acquaintance (mieć szerokie grono znajomych / to know everyone)

Answer 16

발이 넓다