Word details
상갓집
- Pronunciation
- 상가찝 / 상갇찝
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- advanced
- Application
- 상갓집이 [상가찌비 / 상갇찌비 ]
상갓집도 [상가찝또 / 상갇찝또 ]
상갓집만 [상가찜만 / 상갇찜만 ]
house in mourning
A house where people are grieving for a deceased person.
Proverbs
상갓집 개 [노릇]
a dog at a house in mourning
(figurative) A pitiful state in which one begs for food in an abject manner while being treated with contempt, like an ownerless dog at a house in mourning.