Word details
못
- Pronunciation
- 몯ː
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 2
- Derivative
- 못하다01, 못하다02, 못하다03, 못하다04
not
The word that negates the action represented by the verb.
not
In a manner of not reaching a certain level or state or complying with a standard, or insufficiently.
Idioms
못 말리다
be not able to stop
To be dumbfounded at or unable to stop someone's unusual words or behavior.
못 먹어도 고
say 'go' even if one is not able to win
An expression to describe a situation where one pushes ahead with something despite a failure.
못 이기는 척[체]
pretending to be not able to resist something
As if one cannot help it.
Proverbs
못 먹는 감 찔러나 본다
poke a persimon that one cannot eat
To destroy something in a nasty manner that one cannot have in order to keep others from having it as well.
못 오를 나무는 쳐다보지도 마라
Don't even look at the tree that one cannot climb
It is advisable to give up something impossible.