🌟 빈껍데기

Noun  

1. (비유적으로) 실속 없이 겉모습만 보기 좋은 것.

1. EMPTY SHELL: (figurative) Something that only looks good on the surface without any real substance.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 빈껍데기나 다름없다.
    As good as an empty shell.
  • 빈껍데기만 남다.
    Only empty shells remain.
  • 빈껍데기만 갖다.
    Take only empty shells.
  • 빈껍데기로 전락하다.
    Degenerate into an empty shell.
  • 빈껍데기에 불과하다.
    It's just an empty shell.
  • 오 대리의 보고서는 읽어 볼 필요도 없는 빈껍데기일 뿐이다.
    Oh's report is just an empty shell that you don't have to read.
  • 현실과 동떨어진 정책은 예산만 낭비하는 빈껍데기 사업으로 전락했다.
    Policies that are out of touch with reality have degenerated into empty-shell businesses that waste only their budgets.
  • 요즘 남편이랑은 어떻게 지내?
    How are you doing with your husband these days?
    집에 와도 말 한마디 안 해서 빈껍데기랑 사는 기분이야.
    I feel like i'm living with an empty shell because i don't talk a word when i get home.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 빈껍데기 (빈ː껍떼기)

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