Word details
빈대
- Pronunciation
- 빈대
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
bedbug
A tiny, reddish-brown, harmful insect with a flat round body that feeds on human blood.
Idioms
빈대 붙다
cling to someone like a bedbug
(slang) To sponge off others and gain benefit.
Proverbs
빈대 잡으려고 초가삼간 태운다
burn a three-room thatched house to catch a bedbug; Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
An expression used to describe a situation where one tries to get rid of something that one does not like without considering the possible reverse effect on oneself.
빈대도 낯짝이 있다
Even a bedbug has a mug
An expression used to criticize a person who is very shameless.