Proverbs
Listening is not as good as watching
It is better to see something in person than hear about it several times.
kick away fortune that comes in; kick away fortune that falls in one's lap
To lose one's luck as a result of something that is one's own fault.
It will make you sick if you hear it, but if you do not, it will make you feel better
It is better not to hear something that will not help.
It is dark under the oil lamp; The beacon does not shine on its own base
It is more difficult to notice something close.
a high government post that is guaranteed
An expression used to describe a situation where one is so sure that something will definitely go as planned.
Did it rise from the ground, or fall from the sky?
An expression to describe a situation where something that was not expected appears.
It is not the mother-in-law who beats you, but the sister-in-law who tries to stop her that is more hateful
Those who pretend to care, but in fact do harm and speak ill of you are more hateful.
Those who have beaten a person cannot sleep with their legs stretched out, but those who have been beaten can sleep with their legs stretched out
Those who do harm to others feel anxious while those who are done harm feel easy.
perform a gut, an exorcism, as tteok, rice cake, is in sight
To have a good chance by accident to do something that one has planned to do.
perform an ancestral rite as tteok, rice cake, is in sight
To have a good chance by accident to do something that one has planned to do.
drink gimchi/kimchi liquid in advance even if the one who has some tteok, rice cake, is not thinking about giving them to others at all
To behave based on the hasty assumption that one will get something when the person who has that something is not even thinking about giving it away.
a high government post that is set aside
An expression used to describe a situation where one is so sure that something will definitely go as planned.
feel like not having wiped off one's behind after defecating
To feel uneasy since something is finished in a rough and incomplete manner.
pressing down on someone while he/she is defecating
Nasty and mean mind or behavior that tries to harrass others.
have a certain state of mind before taking a dump, but have a different state of mind afterwards; Once on shore, we pray no more; The danger past and God forgotten
For one to beg someone desperately for help when his/her help is urgently needed, but to ignore him/her after things have finished and their troubles have ended.
A dog with dung rebukes a dog with husks of grain
For one with greater faults or defects to speak ill of someone with smaller faults.
Dung is shunned not because it is scary, but because it is dirty
An expression meaning one avoids someone not because one is fearful of him/her, but because one sees him/her as being beneath one's notice.
The taste of soy sauce is better than ttukbaegi, a black or brown earthenware pot; Don't judge a book by its cover
Even though the exterior of something is humble, the content inside it is much better and excellent.
There are those who run, and there are those who fly above them; There is no limit to excellence; There may be blue and better blue
One should guard against conceit because however excellent one may be, there is always someone else who is better.