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물로 보다

see as water

To look down on or underestimate someone.

물불을 가리지 않다

not distinguish between water and fire

To push ahead with something regardless of any difficulty or danger.

물에 빠진 생쥐

a mouse that falls into water

For something or someone to be thoroughly wet and look very shabby.

물을 끼얹은 듯

as if water was poured

For many people to suddenly become quiet or the atmosphere to become serious.

물이 오르다

Water rises

For water to spread out from the root of a tree to the branches and leaves.

물이 잡히다

Water is grasped

To have a blister on the surface of one's skin.

물인지 불인지 모르다

not know whether something is water or fire

To act rashly without thinking logically or thoroughly.

뭐니 뭐니 해도

no matter what is said

Even if people say something is like this or that; no matter what people say.

뭐라 뭐라 하다

say what and what

To say something in an unclear and unintelligible manner.

미역국(을) 먹다

eat miyeokguk, seaweed soup

To fail an exam.

미쳐 날뛰다

get mad and jump; run amok

To behave in a frantic and noisy manner.

밀고 당기다

push and pull

To argue with each other by persisting on insistence.

밑 빠진 독[항아리]

a dok, a jar, [pot] without a bottom

A situation where one makes every effort in vain.

밑(이) 구리다

One's bottom stinks

To have weakness or fault that has been concealed.

밑도 끝도 모르다

not know the bottom or end

To not know the context or real intention.

밑도 끝도 없다

There is no bottom or end

For something to be abrupt with no link between the situation before and after.

밑바닥에 깔리다

lie at the bottom

To lie on the foundation of a certain phenomenon or fact.

밑지는 장사

a business to lose

An expression used to refer to a task that causes a loss without gain.

밑천도 못 찾다[건지다]

be unable to recover[retrieve] even the seed money

To make a loss as opposed to one's intention to gain interest.

밑천이 드러나다

One's seed money is revealed

For one's money or possessions to be used up.

One's seed money is revealed

For one's appearance or character that has been concealed to appear.