3급 관용구TOPIK 3 Korean Idioms and Proverbs — Page 4

literallycatch someone's tail

To reveal something that has been concealed as a secret.

literallywag one's tail

(slang) To attract someone by being charming.

literallywave one's tail

To act charming to gain favor.

literallyto such an extent that one's tail falls off

To always run away in a very hurried and fast manner.

literallybite each other's tails

For the front of one thing and the back of another to be interlinked with each other.

literallystep on someone's tail

To tail someone.

literallytake one's tail out of something

To run away.

literallyOne bites someone's tail and then someone else bites one's tail

To continue.

literallyA clue is held

For something to become a pretext for someone to provoke a quarrel.

literallynot budge

To not act or work.

literallya mute who ate honey

A person who can not say what he/she wants or thinks.

literallynot budge

To stand firm in one's view or will no matter what others say.

literallya chicken instead of a pheasant

An expression to describe a situation where something is replaced with something else similar when the exact same thing is not found.

literallyeat[eating] a pheasant and its eggs; kill two birds with one stone

To gain more than two benefits with a single effort.

literallynot give a nod at all; not budge at all

To be not agitated and remain the same no matter what happens.

literallyOne's string falls off

For ways or means to live on to be cut off.

literallycut a string

To cut off a tie or relationship.

literallypull and attach; concoct

To make up an excuse to make one's argument or condition look plausible.

literallytake down even a flying bird

For one's power to be so great that one can do anything as one likes.

literallysee only the trees and be unable to see the forest; not see the wood for the trees

To look at a part of something, not the whole of it.

literallyOne's screw is loosened

For one's state of mind to be relaxed with tension eased.

literallya duck egg in the Nakdonggang River

An expression to describe someone's miserable situation because he/she is deserted or alienated from a group.

literallycapture the opponent's piece and score

To have more talent or ability than others.

literallyheating system

A device that warms the room by increasing its temperature.

literallydiscussion

A thorough debate by many people about an issue.

literallydistinguish a date

To choose and decide a good day for a wedding, funeral or move.

literallytake down even a flying bird

For one's power or influence to be very strong.

literallyfeel as if one can fly away

To feel very good.

literallyA woman[bitch] without the luck of having a good husband does not have the luck of having a good child

An expression used when a woman laments her misfortune caused by a bad marriage.

literallynot know the letter 'ㄱ' in front of a sickle

To be very ignorant to such an extent that one does not know the letter 'ㄱ' even when a sickle shaped 'ㄱ' is in front of one's eyes.

literallyWords from the daytime are heard by a bird, words from the night are heard by a rat

Words even made carefully and secretly are bound to be known by others.

literallyAffection from childrearing is bigger than that from childbearing

For the affection of those who bring up a child to be bigger and more valuable than that of those who give birth to one.

literallyMy own nose is three feet long; have one's own fish to fry

An expression used to describe a situation where one's own business is so urgent and difficult that one cannot afford to help others.

literallysmell

To notice something that someone tries to conceal.

literallya place where one's nose reaches when one falls down

A very close place.

literallylaptop

A small, light personal computer made to use while carrying around.

literallyA lost fish is[looks] bigger; A fish that got away is[looks] bigger

To feel that something one used to have is better than the one that one has now.

literallysay fee-faw-fum with covering someone's eyes; bury one's head ostrich-like in the sand

The manner of trying to deceive someone with a shallow trick.

literallyfollow with one's eyes closed

To follow other's opinions or arguments without expressing one's own opinion or view.

literallylight up one's eyes

To intently focus on looking for something.

literallyavoid eyes

Avoid someone's attention.

literallystrain one's peepers

(slang) To have a discerning eye which is different from others.

literallynot cast even one's eyes somewhere

To not even bother to look at something that one thinks is inferior or minor.

literallyTears hide one's front

For tears to keep falling.

literallynot even hurt when put in one's eyes

To be very adorable.

literallylightning flashes in one's eyes

For one's view to be suddenly darkened and for lights to flicker and go out in front of the eyes after one is hit hard in the cheek or head.

literallydraw someone's eyes

To make one to watch something by arousing one's curiosity.

literallyOne's eyes are the scale

For one's eye measurement of something to be exactly correct just like it was gauged with a scale.

literallyA thief who has learned stealing later than others will not even realize that the dawn breaks time while committing a theft

For a person who becomes interested in a certain thing later than others to tend to be more enthusiastic about it.

literallyA nose drips into the juk, rice porridge, that was almost cooked

Something almost completed is spoiled by an absurd or ill-timed mistake.