•개 머루(약과) 먹듯
🌏 LIKE A DOG EATS MUSCADINE(YAKGWA, KOREAN HONEY COOKIES): To eat something quickly without without savoring its true flavor.
•우물을 파도 한 우물을 파라
🌏 YOU SHOULD DIG A SINGLE WELL: It is advised that one should stick to something until he/she successfully concludes it because juggling too many things or frequently changing the course is unlikely to help achieve a desirable outcome.
•이름난 잔치 배고프다
🌏 BE HUNGRY AT A FAMOUS PARTY: For something to not live up to the reputation or expectation.
•윗물이 맑아야 아랫물이 맑다
🌏 THE UPSTREAM WATER SHOULD BE CLEAN FIRST IN ORDER TO HAVE CLEAN WATER DOWN THE STREAM: A senior with higher status should first behave well to set an example for his/her junior to follow.
•임도 보고 뽕도 딴다
🌏 MEET ONE'S LOVED ONE AS WELL AS PICK MULBERRIES; TO CATCH TWO PIGEONS WITH ONE BEAN; TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: An expression meaning two things are achieved at the same time.
•입에 맞는 떡
🌏 A TTEOK, A RICE CAKE, THAT SATISFIES ONE'S MOUTH: Something that catches one's fancy.
•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.
