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Idioms

wear a small gourd

To become penniless.

pound and behave frivolously

To act in a very shallow and careless manner saying something nonsensical and inconsistent.

remove '車' and '包', two important pieces in janggi, Korean chess

To be left with nothing after taking out the essentials; to be put at a disadvantage.

pour cold water

To jump into something that is going well and impede the progress or ruin the mood of it.

raise cold wind

To display a cold and stiff attitude.

Cold wind rises

For the mind, atmosphere, etc., to become cold and rough.

discriminate between cold rice and hot rice

For a desperate person to be choosy about things.

have one's intestines cut off

For one's grief, anger, etc., to be too strong to contain.

cut off one's intestines

To be very anxious or sad.

impose a whip

To give someone a startling admonition to help him/her improve.

sit only at the desk

To spend time staying in the office or reading documents without trying to take action in the field.

thousand strands and ten thousand strands

A very large number of branches.

go to heaven

To die.

a remark out of ten million

An expression used to show one's modesty about a compliment or to politely turn down a reward by describing the compliment or reward too much.

a remark out of ten million

An expression used to deny someone's statement.

one out of a thousand

Very seldom.

The world shakes

For a sound to be very loud.

as if having gained the world

As if being very pleasant and satisfied.

a jail without steel-barred windows

A place where people are deprived of freedom under surveillance and control.

give an iron club

To punish someone severely or take a heavy toll on someone.

be hit by an iron club

To face severe punishment.