서문 Preface 4 일러두기 How to Use This Book 6 차례 Table of Contents 10 Part 1 관용어 Idioms 12 1. 간에 기별도 안 가다 For the message to not even reach the liver 14 2. 고삐를 늦추다 To loosen the reins 16 3. 골로 가다 To go to the valley 18 4. 골탕 먹다 To eat bone broth soup 20 5 귀에 못이 박히다 To get a callus in your ear 22 6. 그림의 떡 Rice cake in a picture 24 7. 김칫국부터 마시다 To drink kimchi soup first 26 8. 깡통을 차다 To wear a can 28 9. 깨가 쏟아지다 To rain sesame seeds 30 10. 낙인 찍다 To brand 32 11. 눈 깜짝할 사이 In the blink of an eye 34 12. 눈 하나 깜짝 안 하다 To not blink an eye 36 13. 눈앞이 캄캄하다 For it to be dark in front of one’s eyes 38 14. 눈에 밟히다 To have one’s eye stepped on 40 15. 대박이 나다 For a large gourd to sprout 42 16. 뒷구멍으로 호박씨를 까다 To shell pumpkin seeds with your behind 44 17. 딴전을 부리다/피우다 To act like it’s a different shop 46 18. 말짱 도루묵 All sandfish 48 19. 머리에 맴돌다 To hover in one’s head 50 20. 바가지를 긁다 To scratch the bowl 52 21. 바람을 피우다 To act like the wind 54 22. 발이 떨어지지 않다 For one’s feet to not come up off the ground 56 23. 배가 아프다 For one’s stomach to hurt 58 24. 배꼽을 잡다 To grab one’s belly button 60 25. 배알이 꼴리다 For one’s guts to be twisted 62 26. 백기를 들다 To raise a white flag 64 27. 본전도 못 찾다 To be unable to even find the principal 66 28. 비위를 맞추다 To adjust one’s stomach 68 29. 산통을 깨다 To break the box of fortunes 70 30. 새빨간 거짓말 A bright red lie 72 31. 속이 타다 For one’s insides to burn 74 32. 손꼽아 기다리다 To wait counting on one’s fingers 76 33. 시치미를 떼다 To take a name tag off a falcon 78 34. 애가 타다 For one’s intestines to burn 80 35. 약이 오르다 For one to be nettled 82 36. 어깨가 무겁다 For one’s shoulders to be heavy 84 37. 오지랖이 넓다 For the front of one’s clothes to be wide 86 38. 이를 악물다 To grit one’s teeth 88 39. 족쇄를 채우다 To put shackles on 90 40. 쥐도 새도 모르게 Without a mouse or a bird realizing 92 41. 직성이 풀리다 For one’s star to be released 94 42. 찬물을 끼얹다 To douse with cold water 96 43. 총대를 메다 To carry the gunstock 98 44. 탈을 쓰다 To wear a mask 100 45. 통이 크다 For the size to be big 102 46. 퇴짜를 놓다/맞다 To mark/to be marked with the character for “reject” 104 47. 트집을 잡다 To grab at a hole 106 48. 풀이 죽다 For the starch to give way 108 49. 학을 떼다 To get rid of malaria 110 50. 허리띠를 졸라매다 To tighten one’s belt 112 Part 2 사자성어 Four-Character Idioms 114 51. 경거망동 To behave frivolously and foolishly 116 52. 고진감래 After all of the bitterness comes sweetness 118 53. 금상첨화 Adding flowers on top of silk 120 54. 기고만장 For one’s energy to rise to a height of 10,000 jang 122 55. 노심초사 To be so concerned with something that one burns with worry 124 56. 대기만성 For a large bowl to be completed late 126 57. 배은망덕 To forget and betray the favor you received from someone 128 58. 백발백중 To shoot 100 times and hit 100 times 130 59. 백전백승 To fight 100 times and win 100 times 132 60. 사필귀정 Everything will certainly return to the proper path 134 61. 안하무인 Below one’s eyes, nobody exists 136 62. 약육강식 The flesh of the weak becomes the food of the strong 138 63. 오매불망 To be unable to forget while asleep or awake 140 64. 우유부단 To be so soft that one can’t make a decision 142 65. 유유자적 To live as one pleases, inleisure and relaxation 144 66. 이심전심 To communicate from heart to heart 146 67. 이열치열 To use heat to deal with heat 148 68. 작심삼일 A firmly made up mind cannot last 3 days 150 69. 절치부심 To gnash one’s teeth and for one’s mind to be troubled 152 70. 조강지처 A wife who sared a meal of dregs of liquor and rice bran 154 71. 천방지축 The direction of the heavens and the axis of the earth 156 72. 천생연분 A relationship decided by the heavens 158 73. 칠전팔기 To fall down seven times and get up eight times 160 74. 함흥차사 A government official dispatched to Hamheung 162 75. 호시탐탐 A tiger stare and glowers 164 Part 3 유행어 Slang 166 76. 극혐 Ultra hate / Ultra disgusting 168 77. 깜놀 Shocked / Shook 170 78. 꼰대 Kkondae / Boomer 172 79. 꽃길만 걷자 Let’s only walk on paths of flowers / Everything is coming up roses 174 80. 노답 No answer / No solution 176 81. 노잼 No fun / Not funny 178 82. 눈누난나 Nunu nana 180 83. 라떼는 말이야 A latte is... / Back in my day 182 84. 멘붕 Mental collapse / Mental breakdown 184 85. 무야호 Mu-yahoo 186 86. 소확행 Small but certain happiness 188 87. 솔까 Honestly 190 88. 심쿵 Heart boom / Heart pounding 192 89. 썸 타다 To feel “Some” / To be in a situationship 194 90. 어그로 Aggro / Provoking / Trolling 196 91. 열폭 Inferiority explosion 198 92. 인싸 Insider / Social / Popular 200 93. 입덕하다 To become a fan / To get hooked 202 94. 지못미 Sorry I couldn’t protect you 204 95. 쩔다 To be salted / To be awesome / To be very good or bad 206 96. 최애 Most loved / Bias 208 97. 취향 저격 Preference shot / My style 210 98. 하드 캐리 Hard carry / To carry 212 99. 흑역사 Dark history / Dark past 214 100. 1도 모르다 To not know / To know nothing / To have no idea 216 부록 Appendix 218 퀴즈 정답 Quiz Answer 220 의미와 용례 한국어 설명 Meaning & Origin in Korean 225 K-Pop 색인 Index of K-Pop Songs 248 100개 표현 목록 Alphabetical Index of 100 Expressions 260