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23 Cards in this Set
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갈수록 태산 |
Something becomes worse as time passes (literally becoming a greater and greater mountain) |
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산넘어산 |
Obstacle after obstacle (literally mountain after mountain) |
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티끌 모아 태산 |
Every little bit makes large amounts |
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싼 게 비지떡 |
Cheaper it is, you pay the price |
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우물 안 개구리 |
A man of narrow views |
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꿩 대신 닭 |
A chicken instead of a pheasant |
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식은 죽 먹기 |
Easy job (lit. Eating cool porridge) |
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누워서 떡 먹기 |
Easy job (literally eating rice cakes while lying down) |
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땅 짚고 헤엄치기 |
Easy job (swimming with your hands on the bottom) |
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하늘의 별 따기 |
Impossible job (like picking a star out of the sky) |
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밑 빠진 독에 물 붓기 |
Useless job (like pouring water into a broken jar) |
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가는 말이 고와야 오는 말이 곱다 |
If you want to hear nice words, you should say nice words |
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세 살 버릇 여든까지 간다 |
The bad habits of a three-year-old continue until you’re 80 |
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발 없는 말이 천 리를 간다 |
Bad news travels fast |
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말 한 마기로 천 냥 빚 갚는다 |
A soft answer turns away wrath (literally paying debt with a phrase of word) |
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백지장도 맞들면 낫다 |
Many hands make light work (it is even better to hold a piece of paper together) |
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되로 주고 말로 받는다 |
Careless behavior may bring serious result. Karma. ( give 1 pound for 10 pounds back) |
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등잔 밑이 어둡다 |
It is darkest underneath the lamp. That which is nearest you is most difficult to see. |
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개천에서 용 난다 |
A dragon is born in a stream. A great man can come from humble beginnings/a difficult situation. |
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소 잃고 외양간 고친다 |
Fixing the cow house after losing the cow. No use crying over spilt milk. |
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호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 |
Talk of a tiger and he’s sure to appear. Speak of the devil and he doth appear. |
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서당 개 삼 년이면 풍월을 읊는다 |
Even a dog can recite poetry after three years at a school. |
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종로에서 뺨 맞고 한강에서 화풀이한다 |
Get slapped at Jongno and take out your anger at the Han River. Take out your anger on a third person. |