Sunday, February 5, 2023
보기 좋은 떡이 먹기도 좋다 (A rice cake that looks good will taste good too)
This 잠언 means “What looks good tastes good”.보기 (bogi) – “to see”좋은 (joeun) – “and to be good”떡 (tteok) – “rice cake”먹기도 (meokgido) – “and to eat”좋다 (jota) – “good”Literal Translation/Meaning: A rice cake that looks lovely also tastes good.Use: This phrase can be used when you are confident in the quality of the final product or result. A skilled chef...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
꿩 먹고 알 먹는다 (Kill two birds with one stone)
꿩도 잡고 알도 먹는단 뜻으로 한가지 일로 두가지 이익을 얻음(일석이조) — Killing pheasants and eating eggs means getting two benefits with one thing (killing two birds with one stone)Literal Translation: If you eat a pheasant, you also eat the eggWhen to use it: This Korean saying can be used to describe circumstances in which you take one action and gain two...