🌟 물고 늘어지다

1. 어떤 일을 포기하지 않고 참을성 있게 오래 붙잡고 놓지 아니하다.

1. BITE AND DRAG: To hold on to a certain task with patience without giving up.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 승규는 어려운 수학 문제를 두 시간째 계속 물고 늘어졌지만 풀지 못했다.
    Seung-gyu kept biting on difficult math problems for two hours but couldn't solve them.
  • 아, 도저히 모르겠다. 이제 그만 포기하자.
    Oh, i have no idea. let's give up now.
    아니야, 물고 늘어지다 보면 뭔가 실마리가 보일 거야.
    No, you'll see something if you bite and hang on.

2. 괜히 시비를 걸기 위해 남이 하는 사소한 말이나 행동을 문제 삼다.

2. BITE AND DRAG: To take issue with what someone says or how he/she behaves to start an argument.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 화가 난 그는 지수가 하는 말 하나하나를 모두 물고 늘어져 따지기 시작했다.
    Angry, he bit every word ji-su said and began to argue.
  • 그러니까 지금 네 말은 내가 잘못했다는 거 아냐?
    So what you're saying is that i was wrong?
    그런 식으로 물고 늘어질 거면 아예 말을 말자고.
    If you're gonna bite me like that, let's not talk at all.

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