idiomatic expression Flashcards

1
Q

하늘의 별 따기

A

reaching beyond the stars

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2
Q

식은 죽 먹기

A

very easy/piece of cake

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3
Q

입에 맞다

A

to suit one’s taste

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4
Q

옷이 날개다

A

clothes make the man (to be fly)

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5
Q

-ive/ic

A

(adj)적이다

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6
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발등에 불이 떨어지다

A

to be pressed for time

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7
Q

손발이 맞다

A

to have good chemistry

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8
Q

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다

A

even monkeys fall from trees

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9
Q

열 길 물 속은 알아도 한길 사람 속은 모른다

A

men and melons are hard to know

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10
Q

물불을 가리지 않다

A

by any means necessary (will succeed)

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11
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배보다 배꼽이 더 크다

A

bite off more than you can chew

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12
Q

귀가 얇다

A

have thin ears (easily swayed, gullible)

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13
Q

귀가 어둡다

A

to be hard of hearing

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14
Q

귀에 못이 박히다

A

tired of hearing something

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15
Q

소 잃고 외양간 고친다

A

close the stable after losing the cow; no use in doing something already done

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16
Q

싼 게 비지떡이다

A

you get what you paid for

17
Q

내 코가 석자다

A

I have my own fish to fry

18
Q

가슴이 찡하다

A

to be emotionally pulled by something