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[Derrek]

Here are some fun Korean phrases I'd like to pass along. They are common in Korean langauge, and might be useful in the classroom or elsewhere:

1. ������ �Ա� -- It's a piece of cake! (Sikeunjuk meogi)

2. �� �ڳ� �۾ƶ� -- Mind your own business! (Ne kona dakkara)


3. �� ��Ƹ��� ������ -- You're wearing too much lipstick (Jwi Japameokeun koyangee). Or directly translated: Your lips remind me of a cat that just ate a rat. Good one after being rejected at a bar.

4. ���� ũ�� -- You've got a lot of nerve (Ganyi keuda)

5. ���� ģ�� -- She's a flirt (Kkori chinda)

6. ������ ��� -- Shut the door behind you/you have a long tail (Kkoriga gilda)

7. �ŵ����� -- Get to the point (Geodujeolmi)

8. ���� -- Say this when your phone or computer dies (Meoktong)

9. ȭ�ɳ� -- Beeatch, or a cheating woman (Hwanyangnyeon)

10. ������ -- A person slow to understand, or not too bright (Hyeonggwangdeung).

11. ������ -- A gigolo (Byeon Gang Soe)

12. ���� -- A guy who is stupid around women (Ssukmaek)

13. �������� -- Greasy pimp of a guy who hangs around bars and tries to pick up chicks (Kisaeng orabi)

14. �� �Ծ��! -- Screw you! (Yeot Mokolra!)

[JacktheCat]

[Derrek]

Different book, but cute.

[tomato]

Hello, Derrek!

I don't even know what the literal meanings are, so I had to look each word up.
For those in a similar situation, here are my findings:

DERREK: ������ �Ա� -- It's a piece of cake!
TOMATO: cool food item

DERREK: �� �ڳ� �۾ƶ� -- Mind your own business!
TOMATO: Wipe your nose.

DERREK: �� ��Ƹ��� ������ -- You're wearing too much lipstick.
TOMATO: Derrek already did this one for us. It means "cat that just ate a rat."

DERREK: ���� ũ�� -- You've got a lot of nerve
TOMATO: As near as I can figure out, this means, "Your liver is big." I guess folk belief maintains that the liver is the center of courage, just as the heart is the center of love.

DERREK: ���� ģ�� -- She's a flirt.
TOMATO: She wiggles her tail.

DERREK: ������ ��� -- Shut the door behind you.
TOMATO: Derrek did this one for us, too. It means, "You have a long tail."

DERREK: �ŵ����� -- Get to the point
TOMATO: It looks like you have to add -�ϴ� to make this a verb. The dictionary lists both "cut off the head and tail" and "get to the point." It seems that this metaphor has become so common that it is hardly considered a metaphor any longer.

DERREK: ���� -- Say this when your phone or computer dies
TOMATO: ink bottle

DERREK: ȭ�ɳ� -- Beeatch, or a cheating woman
TOMATO: This time, the dictionary says exactly what Derrek says.

DERREK: ������ -- A person slow to understand, or not too bright
TOMATO: flourescent light bulb

DERREK: ������ -- A gigolo
TOMATO: Are you sure about this one, Derrek? I can't find it.

DERREK: ���� -- A guy who is stupid around women
TOMATO: The first syllable means "fool," but I'm not sure about the second syllable. It seems to mean "spirit, vigor."

DERREK: �������� -- Greasy pimp of a guy who hangs around bars and tries to pick up chicks
TOMATO: A ��� is "a female entertainer who makes a feast or a drinking party more enjoyable." ����� means "a girl's elder brother" or "a woman's husband's younger brother."

I'm sorry, but I still don't get it. Could it be that I am a flourescent light bulb?

DERREK: �� �Ծ��! -- Screw you!
TOMATO: According to the dictionary, �� means "taffy" or "toffee," but I think it means something else.

I learned this expression the hard way. A girl in my class was named �ظ�, so I gave her the English name "Harriet." This resulted interlingual punning on the part of the boys, which in turn resulted in considerable grief on the part of �ظ�. A Korean teacher came in my room and politely explained the situation to me, so I changed her name.

So perhaps we should relegate "Harriet" to the ��������, along with "Jill."

[Derrek]

Sorry, but I didn't include the direct translations... they seemed more to type (and I don't want to plagarize the whole book).

I have a book which shows both the direct translation and what it means to us in English.

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[Mashimaro]

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[Qinella]

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[tomato]

Qinella, I don't know what the boys said.
I just know that the Korean teacher said that the boys said things which weren't very nice.

Anyway, I found another goody in a comic book.
The word is ���ֱ���, and it means "blockhead" or "wide-necked bottle."
It's about a third-grade boy who is in the hospital with leukemia.
Meanwhile, the boy's father is sitting on a park bench outside, brooding in the rain.
For this, the boy thinks his father is a ���ֱ���.

[chronicpride]

[Mashimaro]