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goard ladel scratch
Scratch the goard ladel.
If a wife scratches the dipper, she is henpecking. Korean water
ladels are still made in the shape of a gourd even though the material
is now plastic. It was once believed that scratching on the goard
ladel would ward off evil spirits. Over time the noise also became
connected with a nagging wife.
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¼ÒµµµÏ µÈ´Ù.
needle theif cow theif becomes
The needle theif becomes a cow theif.
There are no small sins. Sin may begin small
but will grow like a cancer. This proverb is similar to 'Oh what
a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve.' but applies
to all vices and not just dishonesty.
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¾ÉÀº °Í °°´Ù.
needle cusion on sit thing like
Like sitting on a pincusion.
Expresses extreeme discomfort.
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Àå»ç ¾ø´Ù.
hungry strong man [superman] not exist
There is no such thing as a hungry strong man.
The message here is that hunger is stronger than
the strongest of us.
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¹èº¸´Ù ¹è²ÅÀÌ
´õ Å©´Ù.
stomach more than belly button more big
The belly button is bigger than the belly.
Disproportianate. As in a speech that spends
a few seconds on its topic and an hour on asides. Or an argument that bases
an encompassing theory on one solitary fact.
¹è¿ò ±æ¿¡´Â
Áö¸§±æÀÌ ¾ø´Ù.
learning road in short cut road not exist
There are no short cuts in the learning process.
There is no free lunch. This proverb can be applied to education gennerally and especially applies to learning chinese characters. There is only one way to write them. If you do not learn stroke order exactly you will not produce the character correctly.
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ÀÏ °ß
one hundred hear not like one see
Hearing one hundred times is not like seeing
once.
Seeing is beleving. Or more accurately:
Seeing is knowing. There is no substitute for personal experience.
¹é¹Ì
white eyebrows
The best of the best. No one can hold a
candle to _____. The person with white eyebrows is not only superiour
to his peers, he is so much better than they that there is no comparison.
Michael Jordan is the white eyebrows in the history of the NBA.
The saying originates from a story of five brothers
of the Ma or Horse family who lived during Korea's three kingdoms period.
All five brothers became famous for their deeds but Best Horse was far
greater than any of his brothers. He also had white eyebrows from
childhood. The saying began as "White eyes is the best of the five
Horse brothers." Over time it has been applied to anyone or who is
amazingly exceptional.
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¹ý ¾øÀ̵µ
»ì»ç¶÷.
law not exist even live person
A person who could live even if there was no
law.
A person who could live without the law to guide him is so innately good that he always knows and does what is right. The law is there to teach the rest of us the goodness he already posseses.
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Àü
father transmit son transmit
Father passes down son passes down.
Like father like son.
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ºÒ¿¡ ³î¶õ ³ðÀÌ ºÎÁö²¤À̸¸ ºÁµµ ³î¶õ´Ù.
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º·èÀÇ °£À» ³»¾î ¸Ô´Â´Ù.
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disease give and medicine give
Give the disease and bring a cure.
One meaning of this proverb is simply expressed
in the English lable 'two faced'. It also can be used to refer to
a 'manipulator' who quitely creates problems and fixes them publicly, expecting
to reap the credit for his good deeds.
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º¸±â ÁÁÀº ¶±ÀÌ ¸Ô±âµµ ÁÁ´Ù.
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ºñ´Â µ¥´Â ¹«¼èµµ ³ìÀδÙ.
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¸¶´çÀ» ¾µ¶ó
ÇÑ´Ù.
rain clear because yard use intend
It stopped raining so I should use the yard.
This person originally wanted to use his lawn
but the rain prevented him. And now that opportunity has come the
desire is gone. The saying applies to anything that one desired to
do yet due to circumstances was unable. The opportunity is has now
been provided but desire absent.
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¸Ó¸® °¨´Â´Ù.
rain hit because head wash.
When your getting rained on wash your hair.
This has two meanings: first When life gives you
lemons make lemonade; and second when opportunity knocks work to use that
opportunity.
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rain hit middle pray to buddah pretend
Pretend to pray to Buddah while being rained
on.
Muttering so that even though you may be barely
audible you are certainly not intelligeble.
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¶¥ÀÌ ±»¾îÁø´Ù.
rain come after ground firm become
The ground hardens after a rain.
Adversity strengthens the sufferer.
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³ðÀÌ Äá¹äÀ» ¸¶´ÙÇÒ±î.
begging person mixed bean rice each shall?
Shall the beggar get mixed bean rice each time?
Beggars can't be choosers.
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color good dog apricot
A beautiful wild apricot.
Beauty is only skin deep. Korean wild apricots look great but taste bad. A beautiful wild apricot is someone or something that looks good only on the surface.
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³õ°í ±â¿ªÀÚµµ
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wash pick up down and letter A even doesn't know
Outside of folding laundry she doesn't even know
the first letter of the alphabet.
or
Folding laundry is all she knows.
Thick headed. A few bricks shy of a full
load. Illiterate and uneducated.
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root deep tree drought not burn
Drought will not burn the deep rooted tree.
Principles and people who are firmly rooted in truth, goodness, etc.
can endure much without being scathed.