Word details
개똥
- Pronunciation
- 개ː똥
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
dog dung
The shit of a dog.
shit
(figurative) Something trivial, cheap,
Idioms
개똥도 없다
There is not even dog dung
(slang) There is nothing at all.
개똥 밟은 얼굴
the face of a person who stepped on dog dung
(slang) An expression used to describe a frown when one goes through something bad.
개똥 보듯
like one watches dog dung
To look at something with indifference.
Proverbs
개똥도 약에 쓰려면 없다
Even dog dung cannot be found when needed for medicine
For one to find it difficult to get something very common at a time when it is desperately needed.
개똥도 약에 쓴다
Even dog dung can be used for medicine
For something very common and unimportant to be sometimes of great use.