Word details
귀머거리
- Pronunciation
- 귀머거리
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
deaf person; the deaf
(disparaging) A person whose ears have problems or abnormalities and, as a result, who cannot hear.
Proverbs
귀머거리 삼 년이요 벙어리 삼 년(이라)
three years as a deaf person, three years as a mute
An expression used to advise a woman to pretend to have heard nothing and to restrain herself from talking too much when she gets married and lives with her parents-in-laws.