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귀를 의심하다

doubt one's ears

To suspect that one has heard something incorrectly since it is too surprising to be true.

귀밑머리(를) 풀다

undo one's hair braided behind the ears

For a woman to get married.

귀신(이) 씌다

be covered with a ghost

To be possessed by a ghost to lose one's senses.

귀신도 모르다

Even a ghost doesn't know

To look the same to such an extent that a switch would go unnoticed.

귀신이 곡하다

A ghost wails

For something to be so unexpected that no one can explain how that happened.

귀싸대기를 올리다

lift one's cheek near an ear

To slap a part between one's ear and cheek.

귀에 거슬리다

be unpleasant to one's ears

To feel bad since one disagrees with what someone says.

귀에 들어가다

get in one's ears

For a certain news to be known to someone.

귀에 딱지가 앉다

A scab forms over one's ears

To hear somebody repeat something over and over.

귀에 못이 박히다

A nail is driven into one's ears

To hear something so many times.

귀청(이) 떨어지다

One's eardrum falls out

For a sound to be very loud.

귀청(이) 찢어지다

One's eardrum gets torn

For a sound to be very loud.

귀청을 때리다

hit one's eardrum

For a sound to be heard very loudly.

귀청이 터지다

One's eardrum bursts

For a sound to be very loud.

귓가를 스치다

brush against the rim of one's ear

For a word or sound to vanish immediately after it is heard.

귓가를[귓가에] 맴돌다

hover around the rim of one's ear

For a word or sound which was heard before to keep coming up in one's mind.

귓가에 떠돌다

go around the rim of one's ear

For a word or sound which was heard before to keep coming up in one's mind.

귓가에서 떠나지 않다

not leave the rim of one's ear

For a word or sound which was heard before to keep coming up in one's mind.

귓등으로 듣다

listen with the back of one's ear

To listen to what others say in a careless and cursory manner.

귓등으로 흘리다[흘려보내다]

let something flow along the back of one's ear

To listen to what others say in a cursory manner and forget it.