Word details
간
- Pronunciation
- 간ː
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
- Homonyms
- 4
liver
An organ in a human or animal's body, that detoxifies ingested substance.
Idioms
간(이) 작다
have a small liver
To be very chicken-hearted.
간(에) 바람 들다
One's liver becomes porous
To become hollow and unreliable.
간에 기별도 안 가다
A message fails to reach the liver
To eat so little that one feels that he/she has not eaten at all.
간을 빼 먹다
take out and eat someone else' liver
To take something important from others or seek one's own interest in disguise of kindness.
간이라도 빼어[뽑아] 줄 듯
as if one is willing to take out[pull] one's liver at someone else's request
A manner in which one pretends to be willing to cater to the needs of others.
간을 졸이다
boil down one's liver
To be very concerned and anxious.
간을 꺼내어 주다
take out and give one's liver
To be willing to cater to the needs of others.
간도 쓸개도 없다
be without the liver and gall bladder
To give up one's self-respect and stoop to other people's levels.
간이 콩알만 해지다
One's liver shrinks to the size of a bean; be scared stiff
To be very frightened; to be very terrified.
간이 오그라들다
One's liver shrinks
To be scared out of sudden uncontrollable fear.
간이 붓다
One's liver swells up
To become too imprudent for one's position or situation.
간이 벌름거리다
One's liver flares
For the heart to pound out of astonishment or fear.
간(이) 떨어지다
One's liver drops
To be very startled.
간이 떨리다
One's liver shivers
To get cold feet and be very anxious.
간이 덜렁[덜컹/철렁]하다
One's liver dangles[rattles/sinks]
To be very shocked out of fright.
간이 콩알만 하다
have a liver as small as a bean
To be very chicken-hearted and timid.
간(이) 크다
have a large liver
To be fearless.
간이 조마조마하다
One's liver flutters
To feel anxious and agitated or nervous.
간이 서늘하다
have a chilly liver
To be very anxious out of fear or a sense of danger.
Proverbs
간에 붙었다 쓸개에 붙었다 하다
One sticks to the liver and then the gall bladder
To side with one party and then another party for the sake of one's own interest.