Word details
목구멍
- Pronunciation
- 목꾸멍
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
throat
A deep opening inside the neck that leads to other inside parts of the body.
Idioms
목구멍까지 차오르다[치밀어 오르다]
rise to[well up in] the throat
For a negative feeling, impulse, etc., to reach an extent that one cannot suppress it.
목구멍에 풀칠하다
put glue in one's throat
To maintain a hand-to-mouth existence.
Proverbs
목구멍이 포도청
The throat is the police bureau
An expression to describe a situation where one is forced to do something banned to make a living.