Word details
소
- Pronunciation
- 소
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 4
cow
A big domestic animal with a brown or black-and-white coat that is raised to produce milk or for its meat.
Proverbs
소 닭 보듯
like a cow sees a chicken
The manner in which one looks at something with indifference.
소 뒷걸음질 치다 쥐 잡다
A cow catches a rat while stepping back
An expression to describe a situation where one achieves something by slim chance or pure luck as if a bull catches a rat while taking backward steps.
소 잃고 외양간 고친다
repair the cowshed after the cow is stolen; lock the stable door after the horse is stolen
There is no use in trying to fix something after it has already gone wrong.
소도 언덕이 있어야 비빈다
Even a cow needs a hillside to scratch an itchy spot
An expression meaning that people need something or somebody to rely on in order to start or achieve something just like a cow needs a hill to rub its itchy spot against or step on.