▹ 속담

• 호박꽃도 꽃이냐 : [IS A PUMPKIN FLOWER A FLOWER?: An expression meaning an ugly woman cannot be seen as a woman.]

• 장님 코끼리 만지는 격: [AS IF A BLIND PERSON TOUCHES AN ELEPHANT: An expression used to criticize the attitude of a person who thinks he/she has the whole picture of something when he/she knows only some parts of it.]

• 재주는 곰이 넘고 돈은 주인이 받는다: [A BEAR DOES A HANDSPRING AND ITS OWNER TAKES THE MONEY; ONE BEATS THE BUSH AND ANOTHER CATCHES THE BIRDS: An expression used to describe a situation where a person is not paid for what he/she has done while another person wrongfully benefits from it.]

• 열 손가락 깨물어 안 아픈 손가락이 없다: [BITE ANY OF THE TEN FINGERS AND IT WILL HURT THE SAME: To parents, all of their children are equally precious and adorable.]

• 뛰어야 벼룩: [BE A FLEA HOWEVER FAR ONE GOES: To be unable to escape to a far away place irrespective of whatever one does or however hard one tries to run away.]

• 한 손으로는 손뼉을 못 친다: [YOU CAN NEVER CLAP WITH ONE HAND: To be unable to do something because one has no partner.]

• 효부 없는 효자 없다: [THERE IS NO FILIAL SON WITHOUT A FILIAL DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: An expression meaning a daughter-in-law should first respect and take good care of her parents-in-law to encourage her husband to serve them with devotion.]

• 뛰는 놈 위에 나는 놈 있다: [THERE ARE THOSE WHO RUN, AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO FLY ABOVE THEM; THERE IS NO LIMIT TO EXCELLENCE; THERE MAY BE BLUE AND BETTER BLUE: One should guard against conceit because however excellent one may be, there is always someone else who is better.]

• 굴러온 호박: [A PUMPKIN WHICH HAS JUST ROLLED IN; AN UNEXPECTED PUMPKIN: To gain something good or come across a fortune unexpectedly.]

• 귀신 씻나락 까먹는 소리: [THE SOUND OF A GHOST PEELING AND EATING RICE SEEDS: An unclear muttering sound that one says to oneself.]

▹ 관용어

• 눈물을 짜내다: [WRING OUT TEARS: To shed crocodile tears.]

• 코를 골다: [SNORE: For one's nose to generate a ringing sound when one sleeps.]

• 거짓말처럼[같이]: [LIKE A LIE: Changing completely from what it was in the past.]

• 검은 구름: [A BLEAK CLOUD: A hopeless and gloomy situation.]

• 채찍을 가하다: [IMPOSE A WHIP: To give someone a startling admonition to help him/her improve.]

• 간(에) 바람 들다: [ONE'S LIVER BECOMES POROUS: To become hollow and unreliable.]

• 한몫 보다: [SEE A PORTION: To make huge profits.]

• 구름(을) 잡다: [CATCH CLOUDS: To seek something unclear and false.]

• 올가미(를) 씌우다: [PUT A SNARE ON SOMEONE: To trap someone with a trick.]

• 개 새끼 한 마리 얼씬하지 않다: [NOT EVEN A SMALL PUPPY IS TO BE SEEN: To become desolate with no sign of people around.]

사전

▹ 분류

▹ 속담

• 호박꽃도 꽃이냐 : [IS A PUMPKIN FLOWER A FLOWER?: An expression meaning an ugly woman cannot be seen as a woman.]

• 장님 코끼리 만지는 격: [AS IF A BLIND PERSON TOUCHES AN ELEPHANT: An expression used to criticize the attitude of a person who thinks he/she has the whole picture of something when he/she knows only some parts of it.]

• 열 손가락 깨물어 안 아픈 손가락이 없다: [BITE ANY OF THE TEN FINGERS AND IT WILL HURT THE SAME: To parents, all of their children are equally precious and adorable.]

• 뛰어야 벼룩: [BE A FLEA HOWEVER FAR ONE GOES: To be unable to escape to a far away place irrespective of whatever one does or however hard one tries to run away.]

• 한 손으로는 손뼉을 못 친다: [YOU CAN NEVER CLAP WITH ONE HAND: To be unable to do something because one has no partner.]

• 효부 없는 효자 없다: [THERE IS NO FILIAL SON WITHOUT A FILIAL DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: An expression meaning a daughter-in-law should first respect and take good care of her parents-in-law to encourage her husband to serve them with devotion.]

• 뛰는 놈 위에 나는 놈 있다: [THERE ARE THOSE WHO RUN, AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO FLY ABOVE THEM; THERE IS NO LIMIT TO EXCELLENCE; THERE MAY BE BLUE AND BETTER BLUE: One should guard against conceit because however excellent one may be, there is always someone else who is better.]

• 굴러온 호박: [A PUMPKIN WHICH HAS JUST ROLLED IN; AN UNEXPECTED PUMPKIN: To gain something good or come across a fortune unexpectedly.]

• 귀신 씻나락 까먹는 소리: [THE SOUND OF A GHOST PEELING AND EATING RICE SEEDS: An unclear muttering sound that one says to oneself.]

▹ 관용어

• 눈물을 짜내다: [WRING OUT TEARS: To shed crocodile tears.]

• 코를 골다: [SNORE: For one's nose to generate a ringing sound when one sleeps.]

• 거짓말처럼[같이]: [LIKE A LIE: Changing completely from what it was in the past.]

• 검은 구름: [A BLEAK CLOUD: A hopeless and gloomy situation.]

• 채찍을 가하다: [IMPOSE A WHIP: To give someone a startling admonition to help him/her improve.]

• 간(에) 바람 들다: [ONE'S LIVER BECOMES POROUS: To become hollow and unreliable.]

• 한몫 보다: [SEE A PORTION: To make huge profits.]

• 구름(을) 잡다: [CATCH CLOUDS: To seek something unclear and false.]

• 올가미(를) 씌우다: [PUT A SNARE ON SOMEONE: To trap someone with a trick.]

• 개 새끼 한 마리 얼씬하지 않다: [NOT EVEN A SMALL PUPPY IS TO BE SEEN: To become desolate with no sign of people around.]

▹ 품사

▹ 수준