🔍 검색: MAKING ENDS MEET

• 풀칠 (풀 漆) 명사
  • 1 종이 등을 붙이려고 무엇에 풀을 바르는 일.
    1 GLUING; PASTING: An act of applying glue or paste to attach a piece of paper, etc. to something.
  • 2 어렵게 끼니를 이어 가는 일.
    2 LIVING FROM HAND TO MOUTH; MAKING ENDS MEET: An act of barely managing to support oneself or earn a living.
• 하루살이 명사
  • 1 여름철 저녁에 떼를 지어 날아다니며 몇 시간에서 며칠 정도로 짧게 사는 벌레.
    1 MAYFLY; DAYFLY: An insect, flying around in swarms in the evening in summer, which lives only a few hours or up to a few days.
  • 2 하루하루를 어렵게 겨우 살아가는 사람. 또는 그런 생활.
    2 LIVING HAND TO MOUTH; EARNING A SCANTY LIVING; MAKING ENDS MEET: The act of barely managing to support oneself or earn a living; or a person living in such a situation.
  • 3 (비유적으로) 아주 짧은 기간 동안 이어진 생활이나 목숨, 정권 등.
    3 EPHEMERAL; DAYFLY: (figurative) An extremely short-lived creature, life, regime, etc.

• 호구 (糊口/餬口) 명사
  • 1. 입에 풀칠을 한다는 뜻으로, 가난하여 겨우 끼니를 이음.
    1. KEEPING THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR; EKING OUT: An act of making ends meet, literally meaning putting glue on one's mouth.