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• 먹고 죽은 귀신이 때깔도 곱다[좋다]
🌏 A GHOST WHO DIES AFTER EATING HAS COLOR AND CHARM: An expression used to stress the importance of eating.

• 먹는 개도 아니 때린다
🌏 YOU SHOULD NOT BEAT A DOG WHILE IT IS EATING: It is advisable to not scold or rebuke someone when he/she is eating.

• 먹을 때는 개도 때리지 않는다
🌏 YOU SHOULD NOT BEAT A DOG WHILE IT IS EATING: It is advisable not to scold or rebuke someone when he/she is eating.

• 땅 짚고 헤엄치기
🌏 SWIMMING WHILE TOUCHING THE GROUND: An expression that refers to a very easy task.

• 떡 줄 사람은 생각지도 않는데 김칫국부터 마신다
🌏 DRINK GIMCHI/KIMCHI LIQUID IN ADVANCE EVEN IF THE ONE WHO HAS SOME TTEOK, RICE CAKE, IS NOT THINKING ABOUT GIVING THEM TO OTHERS AT ALL: To behave based on the hasty assumption that one will get something when the person who has that something is not even thinking about giving it away.

• 땅에서 솟았나 하늘에서 떨어졌나
🌏 DID IT RISE FROM THE GROUND, OR FALL FROM THE SKY?: An expression to describe a situation where something that was not expected appears.

• 열 길 물속은 알아도 한 길 사람의 속은 모른다
🌏 YOU CAN ESTIMATE WATER THIRTY METERS DEEP, BUT YOU CANNOT ESTIMATE THE HUMAN MIND THIRTY CENTIMETERS DEEP; YOU CAN SOUND WATER TEN FATHOMS DEEP, BUT YOU CANNOT SOUND THE HUMAN HEART A SINGLE FATHOM: It is very difficult to know what is really on a person's mind.

• 열 번 듣는 것이 한 번 보는 것만 못하다
🌏 HEARING IT TEN TIMES IS NOT AS GOOD AS SEEING IT ONCE: It is better to see something than only hear about it.

• 열 번 쓰러지면 열 번 (다시) 일어난다
🌏 IF ONE FALLS DOWN TEN TIMES, ONE STANDS UP (AGAIN) TEN TIMES: To be armed with strong determination and deal with a difficult situation in an undaunted manner.

• 열 번 찍어 아니 넘어가는 나무 없다
🌏 NO TREE WILL STAND FIRM IF CHOPPED AT TEN TIMES; LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT OAKS: People can change their mind however determined they may be if they are told to change it several times.

• 운(을) 떼다
🌏 MAKE THE START OF A CONVERSATION: To start talking in order to bring up a certain subject.

• 밥알이 곤두서다
🌏 A GRAIN OF RICE STANDS UPSIDE-DOWN: To be angry or upset to such an extent that one gets indigestion.

• 할 말을 잊다
🌏 FORGET WHAT TO SAY: To be unable to speak because one is astonished, puzzled or touched.

• 울음을 삼키다[깨물다]
🌏 SWALLOW[BITE] ONE'S CRYING; SWALLOW[BITE] ONE'S TEARS: To fight back one's tears by force.

• 허리를 펴다
🌏 STRETCH ONE'S WAIST: To become able to relax after going through a difficult situation.

• 어쩔 줄(을) 모르다
🌏 NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO: To be at a loss as one does not know what to do.

• 말이 ∼지
🌏 ALTHOUGH ONE OR SOMETHING IS SAID ~: To be different in reality from what is said or called.

• 말이 좋다
🌏 ONLY THE WORDS ARE GOOD: For someone or something to sound good when he/she or it is said, but the reality is different from it.

• 재갈(을) 먹이다
🌏 MAKE (A HORSE) EAT A BIT: To put a bit in a horse's mouth.

• 학질을 떼다
🌏 GET RID OF MALARIA; GET RID OF A NUISANCE; HAVE HAD IT: To have a gruelling time addressing a painful or difficult situation or be sick and tired of such a situation.

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