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    The document provides a list of 14 common Korean idioms along with their literal and figurative meanings. It encourages the reader to learn these idioms to improve their Korean speaking skills, and directs them to the KoreanClass101 website for free lessons.

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    Must-Know Korean Idioms

    가뭄에 콩 나듯
    gamume kong nadeut

    가뭄

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    1. 가뭄에 콩 나듯
    gamume kong nadeut
    Literal Translation: like beans sprouting during famine
    Meaning: something that happens only once in a while

    2. 눈에 핏발을 세우다
    nune pitbareul seuda
    Literal Translation: raise the blood vessles in white pupils
    Meaning: getting very angry or aggravated so much as to show blood vessels in one's eyes

    3. 눈을 의심하다
    nuneul uisimhada
    Literal Translation: doubt what one is seeing
    Meaning: unable to believe what one is seeing

    4. 머리를 굴리다
    meorireul gullida
    Literal Translation: roll one's head
    Meaning: wrack one's brain

    5. 발이 넓다
    bari neoltta
    Literal Translation: feet are wide
    Meaning: be well-connected

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    6. 발을 디딜 틈이 없다
    bareul didil teumi eoptta
    Literal Translation: no place to put one's foot down
    Meaning: very crowded

    7. 삼천포로 빠지다
    samcheonporo ppajida
    Literal Translation: fall into Samcheonpo(government officials being exiled went through
    Samcheonpo to places of exile in the past)
    Meaning: when the discussion turns in a totally different direction

    8. 죽고 못 살다
    jukgo mot salda
    Literal Translation: die and cannot live
    Meaning: like something a lot

    9. 오지랖이 넓다
    ojirapi neoltta
    Literal Translation: the front of the outer garment is wide(or wider than it should be)
    Meaning: be meddlesome

    10. 입만 살다
    imman salda
    Literal Translation: only the mouth is alive
    Meaning: all talk and no action

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    11. 피도 눈물도 없다
    pido nunmuldo eoptta
    Literal Translation: no blood and no tears
    Meaning: someone who is cold hearted

    12. 풀이 죽다
    puli jukda
    Literal Translation: the grass has withered
    Meaning: lose confidence

    13. 호박씨를 까다
    hobakssireul kkada
    Literal Translation: peel the skin off pumpkin seeds
    Meaning: sneak behind someone's back

    14. 토를 달다
    toreul dalda
    Literal Translation: supply a particle
    Meaning: make unnecessary excuses

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    1. 가뭄에 콩 나듯
    gamume kong nadeut

    2. 눈에 핏발을 세우다
    nune pitbareul seuda

    3. 눈을 의심하다
    nuneul uisimhada

    4. 머리를 굴리다
    meorireul gullida

    5. 발이 넓다
    bari neoltta

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    6. 발을 디딜 틈이 없다
    bareul didil teumi eoptta

    7. 삼천포로 빠지다
    samcheonporo ppajida

    8. 죽고 못 살다
    jukgo mot salda

    9. 오지랖이 넓다
    ojirapi neoltta

    10. 입만 살다
    imman salda

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    11. 피도 눈물도 없다
    pido nunmuldo eoptta

    12. 풀이 죽다
    puli jukda

    13. 호박씨를 까다
    hobakssireul kkada

    14. 토를 달다
    toreul dalda

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    1. something that happens only once in a while

    2. getting very angry or aggravated so much as to show blood vessels in


    one's eyes

    3. unable to believe what one is seeing

    4. wrack one's brain

    5. be well-connected

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    6. very crowded

    7. when the discussion turns in a totally different direction

    8. like something a lot

    9. be meddlesome

    10. all talk and no action

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    11. someone who is cold hearted

    12. lose confidence

    13. sneak behind someone's back

    14. make unnecessary excuses

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