•말은 적을수록 좋다
🌏 WHEN IT COMES TO WORDS, THE LESS THE BETTER; THE LESS SAID THE BETTER: One should guard against talking too much since one can say something that is better left unsaid if one talks too much.
•말은 청산유수다
🌏 TALK LIKE CLEAR WATER RUNNING THROUGH A GREEN MOUNTAIN: To be eloquent.
•짖는 개는 물지 않는다
🌏 BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE; GREAT BARKERS ARE NO BITERS: People who make a big show of themselves tend to be shallow inside.
•산 넘어 산이다
🌏 ONE CLIMBS OVER A HILL ONLY TO FACE YET ANOTHER HILL; FROM SMOKE INTO SMOTHER; OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE: For difficulties to linger and become more serious as time goes by.
•산 좋고 물 좋고 정자 좋은 데 없다
🌏 THERE IS NO PLACE THAT HAS A GOOD MOUNTAIN, WATERS AND PAVILION: You can hardly have the perfect conditions.
•발(을) 뻗을 자리를 보고 누우랬다
🌏 IT IS SAID THAT YOU MAY WANT TO LIE DOWN AFTER CHECKING THE PLACE WHERE YOU WILL STRETCH YOUR FEET: It is advisable to think about the consequences of something before starting to work on it.
•안되면 조상[산소] 탓
🌏 BLAMING [THE GRAVES OF] ONE'S ANCESTORS WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL: An expression used to refer to the attitude of a person who blames others when things go wrong.
•광에서 인심 난다
🌏 GENEROSITY COMES FROM THE STORAGE: People will help others when they have plenty.
•서당 개 삼 년에 풍월을 읊는다
🌏 A DOG RECITES A POEM IF IT SPENDS THREE YEARS AT A SEODANG, A VILLAGE SCHOOL; THE SPARROW NEAR A SCHOOL SINGS THE PRIMER: Exposure to a certain field for a long time will help even a layperson gain knowledge and experience of it.
•벽에도 귀가 있다
🌏 EVEN A WALL HAS EARS: You have to be careful about what you say because rumors spread even if it seems nobody hears.
•수건을 던지다
🌏 THROW IN THE TOWEL: To help a losing and exhausted boxer by withdrawing from a match.
•톡톡 털다
🌏 EMPTY GENTLY: To give someone all the money in one's hands.
•입(을) 다물다
🌏 SHUT ONE'S MOUTH: To stop talking or refrain from talking to keep a secret.
•입(을) 맞추다
🌏 COORDINATE MOUTHS: For many people to agree on saying the same thing.
•생사람(을) 잡다
🌏 CATCH AN INNOCENT PERSON; DO AN INNOCENT PERSON AN INJURY: To accuse an innocent or unrelated person of being guilty or give him/her a hard time.
•뼈대가 굵어지다
🌏 ONE'S FRAME BECOMES THICK: To grow older and bigger to become almost an adult.
•풀(이) 서다
🌏 STARCH STANDS: For clothes, leather, etc., to become stiff as they were starched.
•쥐면 꺼질까 불면 날까
🌏 FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE MAY BE PUT OUT WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SQUEEZE AND FLY AWAY WITH JUST A LITTLE PUFF: A manner of treating one's adorable child very carefully.
•이름을 걸다
🌏 HANG ONE'S NAME: To take the responsibility for something.