•이에 신물이 돈다[난다]
🌏 HAVE[TASTE] STOMACH ACID BETWEEN ONE'S TEETH: To be disgusted and fed up with something.
•계란으로 바위 치기
🌏 HITTING A ROCK WITH AN EGG; A DROP IN THE OCEAN; THE ELEPHANT DOES NOT FEEL A FLEA BITE: A situation where one is facing very difficult circumstances or an uphill battle against a very strong opponent.
•말이 말을 만든다
🌏 WORDS MAKE WORDS: For the content of words to be exaggerated and change while it passes through people's mouths.
•못 먹는 감 찔러나 본다
🌏 POKE A PERSIMON THAT ONE CANNOT EAT: To destroy something in a nasty manner that one cannot have in order to keep others from having it as well.
•한번 엎지른 물은 다시 주워 담지 못한다
🌏 SPILLED WATER CANNOT BE POURED BACK; SPILLED WATER CANNOT BE UNSPILLED; WHAT'S DONE CANNOT BE UNDONE: You cannot recover from a mistake that has already been made.
•재수 없는 놈은 (뒤로) 자빠져도 코가 깨진다
🌏 AN UNLUCKY GUY WILL BREAK HIS NOSE EVEN WHEN HE FALLS ON HIS BACK; THE BREAD ALWAYS FALLS ON THE BUTTERED SIDE: You will fail in everything and even face unexpected misfortune if things are destined to go wrong.
•사람이 굶어 죽으란 법은 없다
🌏 THERE IS NO LAW THAT LETS A MAN STARVE TO DEATH: People are bound to survive and eke out an existence anyway even when they are very much short of food.
•동냥은 못 줘도 쪽박은 깨지 마라
🌏 IF YOU CANNOT GIVE ALMS, AT LEAST DO NOT BREAK THE SMALL GOURD: You may not want to disturb others when you can not help them.
•냉수 먹고 속 차려라
🌏 DRINK COLD WATER, AND WAKE UP; WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE: An expression used to warn someone to come back to earth and better behave himself/herself.
•사람은 헌[때 묻은] 사람이 좋고 옷은 새 옷이 좋다
🌏 GOOD PEOPLE ARE THOSE WHO ARE OLD[SOILED], AND GOOD CLOTHES ARE THOSE THAT ARE NEW: When it comes to a product, a new one is good, but when it comes to a person, an old, familiar and close one is good.
•찬물을 끼얹다
🌏 POUR COLD WATER: To jump into something that is going well and impede the progress or ruin the mood of it.
•말을 들어 주다
🌏 LISTEN TO SOMEONE'S WORDS: To do as someone asked.
•냉수를 끼얹다
🌏 POUR COLD WATER: To disturb something that has been going well and ruin it.
•수(가) 세다
🌏 HAVE STRONG SKILLS: To have a strong power enough to control others as one pleases.
•출사표를 던지다
🌏 THROW A MEMORIAL FOR THE CASE TO GO TO WAR; THROW ONE'S HAT INTO THE RING: To express one's intention to participate in a game or competition.
•웬 떡이냐
🌏 WHAT TTEOK, RICE CAKE, IT IS: To get an unexpected windfall or luck.
•바닥(을) 보다
🌏 SEE THE BOTTOM: To use up and leave nothing.
•지도를 그리다
🌏 DRAW A MAP: To wet one's bed while sleeping.
•가슴을 쓸어내리다
🌏 SMOOTHE DOWN ONE'S CHEST: To be relieved when troubles or concerns disappear.
•속이 내려가다
🌏 ONE'S INSIDE GOES DOWN: For one's anger or sulking to be relieved.