🌟 달리는 말에 채찍질

Proverbs

1. 기세가 한창 좋을 때 더 힘을 가하는 것.

1. WHIPPING A RUNNING HORSE; URGING ON A WILLING PERSON; LASHING INTO FRESH EXERTION: To build on the momentum when one's energy is in full swing.

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♔ 이번 수영 경기에서 우승을 했는데 훈련 시간이 더 늘어났어요.
I won this swimming competition and i've had more training time.
♕ 달리는 말에 채찍질이라는 말도 있듯이 김 코치가 자네를 생각해서 그러지.
Coach kim thinks of you as a whip on a running horse.

2. 힘껏 하는데도 자꾸 더 하라고 한다는 말.

2. WHIPPING A RUNNING HORSE; URGING ON A WILLING PERSON; LASHING INTO FRESH EXERTION: An expression used to describe a situation where one urges someone to do something more when he/she is already working on it as hard as he/she can.

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♔ 우리 부서 실적이 제일 좋은데도 더 야근을 하도록 압박하는 건 너무해요.
Our department has the best performance, but it's too much pressure to work overtime.
♕ 그러게요. 이렇게 달리는 말에 채찍질을 하면 언젠가는 탈이 날 텐데요.
I know. if you whip a horse like this, it'll hurt one day.

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