2급 관용구TOPIK 2 Korean Idioms and Proverbs — Page 4

literallyNamdaemun Gate is opened

For the zipper or buttons of a fly of a man's pants to be open.

literallyhit and eat the back of another person

To take something from someone in a crafty and bad way.

literallyAnother person's tteok, rice cake, looks bigger than mine

To feel that something owned by someone is much better than mine.

literallysay something about another person

To talk about someone behind his/her back.

literallyfall under another person

For one's level or ability to fall behind that of someone.

literallygo into and under another person

To be hired by someone and work for him/her.

literallydance to another person's beat

To follow exactly what someone does without expressing one's own opinion.

literallyforget a day and a night

To work continuously.

literallyhave a thick mug

(slang) To be shameless and unscrupulous.

literallyfeel hot in one's mug

(slang) To feel very ashamed or embarrased.

literallyI will set fire to my fingers; I will eat my hat

An expression used to guarantee one's own opinion or prediction will turn out to be right by swearing to do something cruel or extreme to oneself.

literallyendoscopy

An examination done with an endoscope.

literallysmell

For something to taste stale.

literallycold-blooded animal; ectotherm

An animal that changes its body temperature according to the outside temperature such as fish, frogs, snakes, etc.

literallyI will kill you and kill myself

An expression used to describe a situation where one fights against someone risking one's own death.

literallycatch a raccoon dog

To make smoke by building a fire or smoke a cigarette.

literallytake a rest since one has fallen down

To take advantage of a sudden misfortune to turn it into an opportunity.

literallyscared heart

To get startled easily even with a minor and trivial thing since one has had a severly startled experience before.

literallymake one's eyes look like those of an astonished rabbit

To open one's eyes wide since one is very startled with something unexpected.

literallyTo whose lip is it attached?

The quantity of something to be shared by many people is too small.

literallyTo whose nose is it applied[attached]?

The quantity of something to be shared by many people is too small.

literallyregardless[irrespective] of anyone

Applying not only to a certain person, but to all people.

literallyeating tteok, rice cake, while lying down; a piece of cake; Nothing is easier

A proverb meaning something that is very easy to do.

literallynot know where to put one's eyes

To be confused about where to watch since one does not know what is going on or is in an awkward or embarrassing situation.

literallyhave something stolen before one's very eyes

To be deceived or suffer losses all the time while being clearly aware of it.

literallycannot watch something with one's eyes open

To dare not see a view in front of one since it is miserable and horrible or very shameful.

literallycannot watch something with one's eyes open

To dare not see a view in front of one since it is miserable and horrible or very shameful.

literallyflicker in one's eyes

For an image to linger and keep coming to one's mind.

literallyturn one's eyes

To give one's attention to other things.

literallyopen one's eyes straight

To come back to earth and pay attention.

literallycontact each other's eyes

To look each other in the eyes.

literallyclose one' eyes

To sleep.

literallycannot wash one's eyes and see however hard one may try to

For something to be too rare to be found.

literallyeverytime one opens one's eyes

Always when one is awake.

literallywithout tears

Without crying.

literallywring out tears

To shed crocodile tears.

literallysqueeze tears

To cry by shedding tears little by little.

literallyhave a lot of tears

To burst into tears easily and often.

literallyOne's tears spin

For tears to suddenly form and gather in one's eyes.

literallywait desperately to such an extent that[until] one's eyeballs fall out

To wait very impatiently for a long time.

literallyOne's eyeballs spin round and round very quickly and dizzily

For something to be so busy or a change to be so fast that one can hardly keep up with it.

literallyIf snow gets in the eye, should I call this snow water, or tears?

A word play which describes a situation where one can hardly distinguish two things.

literallyNothing is seen in one's sight

To be unable to make an accurate judgement on a business or situation.

literallybe unable to get something even for eye medicine

For the least of something not to exist.

literallybe familiar with one's eyes

For something to be familiar to someone who has seen it before several times.

literallybe satisfied to one's eyes

To satisfy one and be to one's liking.

literallymake one's eyes bloodshot

To get angry or enraged to such an extent that one's eyes get bloodshot.

literallyhave bloodshot eyes

To get angry or enraged.

literallyOne's eyes resemble one's mind

It is easy to guess someone's mind just by looking into his/her eyes.

literallyThe eyes are the mirror of the mind

A figurative expression meaning it is easy to guess someone's mind simply by looking into his/her eyes.