Idiomatic expressions - 눈

Question 1

눈이 높다

Answer 1

to be picky
(“eyes are high”)

Question 2

눈 밖에 나다

Answer 2

To get on one’s bad side
(“to be outside of one’s eyes”)

Question 3

눈 을 붙이다

Answer 3

To get some sleep/take a nap
(“to put one’s eyes together”)

Question 4

눈 빛만 봐도 알 수 있다

Answer 4

Can know which just one glance
(“can know just by the look in one’s eyes”)

Question 5

눈앞에 캄캄하다

Answer 5

To not know where to start/to have no hope
(“to be pitch black in front of one’s eyes’)

Question 6

눈에 넣어도 아프지 않다

Answer 6

To be the apple of one’s eye
“(to be so precious that) even if you put them in your eyes, it wouldn’t hurt”

Question 7

눈에 띄다

Answer 7

to be difficult to miss, to stand out

Question 8

눈을 마주치다

Answer 8

Eyes meet

Question 9

눈이 멀다

Answer 9

To be blinded by something, eg blinded by greed

Question 10

눈이 부시다

Answer 10

to be radiant

Question 11

눈 하나 깜짝하지 않다

Answer 11

To not bat an eye

Question 12

깜짝할 사이에

Answer 12

In the blink of an eye