Lost in Literal

🇰🇷 Korean, taken literally

밥줄이 끊어지다

BAP-jjul-i kkeun-eo-ji-da

Literally

The rice rope gets cut

What it really means

To lose one's livelihood (job)

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Korean, taken literally

눈치가 없다To have no eye-sense 눈치를 보다To watch someone's eye-sense 발이 넓다Feet are wide 손이 크다Hands are big 간 떨어질 뻔했다The liver was about to fall off 속이 타다The inside is burning