Word details
눈알
- Pronunciation
- 누날
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
eyeball
The ball-shaped part of an eye.
Idioms
눈알(이) 나오다[튀어나오다]
One's eyeballs come[stick] out
To be very startled.
눈알이 뒤집히다
One's eyeballs are overturned
(slang) To lose one's senses due to a strong shock or rage.
눈알이 까뒤집히다
One's eyeballs are flipped over
(slang) To lose one's reason since one went through something shocking or is engrossed in something.
눈알이 빠지게[빠지도록] 기다리다
wait desperately to such an extent that[until] one's eyeballs fall out
To wait very impatiently for a long time.
눈알이 핑핑 돌다
One's eyeballs spin round and round very quickly and dizzily
For something to be so busy or a change to be so fast that one can hardly keep up with it.