idiomy z listy 1

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to have high standards (to be picky)
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눈이 높다
to be quick witted (to read the room well)
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눈치가 빠르다
to notice (to catch on)
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눈치 채다
to be loose lipped (to keep secrets well)
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입이 가볍다
to be tight lipped (to keep secrets well)
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입이 무겁다
to be generous (to do things on a large scale)
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손이 크다
to be on the edge of one’s seat (to feel tense and excited)
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손에 땀을 쥐다
to be well connected (to know many people)
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발이 넓다
to hold someone back (to prevent progress)
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발목을 잡다
to suit one’s taste (to be to one’s liking)
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입에 맞다
the grass is always greener on the other side (others’ things look better)
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남의 떡이 커 보인다
to count one’s chickens before they hatch (to assume success too early)
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김칫국부터 마신다
to get married (to attend a wedding)
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국수를 먹다
speak of the devil (someone appears after being mentioned)
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호랑이도 제 말하면 온다
to rise from humble origins (a great person comes from a poor background)
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개천에서 용이 난다
practice makes progress (long exposure naturally teaches you something)
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서당 개 삼 년이면 풍월을 읊는다
to have a drink (to drink alcohol)
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한잔을 하다
to treat someone (to pay for someone’s meal or drinks)
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한턱을 내다
to have a headache (to be troubled or stressed)
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골치가 아프다
a frog in a well (a narrow minded person)
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a frog in a well (a narrow minded person in Korean
우물 안 개구리
to be finished (to be ruined)
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끝장나다
to have one’s own problems (to be too busy to help others)
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