비행기를 태우다 (bihaenggireul taeuda)
Meaning: To flatter someone over the top.
Language: Korean
Literally: To put someone on an airplane
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Excessive praise lifts a person sky-high, as if seated on a soaring plane — a modern Korean image of laying it on thick.
More idioms — Daily Life
- Pabucu dama atılmak — To fall out of favor and be cast aside.
- Être dans de beaux draps — To be in a real mess.
- Tirer le diable par la queue — To struggle to make ends meet.
- Mettre la charrue avant les bœufs — To do things in the wrong order.
- Tirer son épingle du jeu — To extract yourself cleverly from a tricky situation.
- To burn the midnight oil — To work late into the night.
More Korean idioms
- 미역국을 먹다 (Miyeokgugeul meokda) — To fail an exam.
- 그림의 떡 (Geurimui tteok) — Something desirable but completely out of reach.
- 김칫국부터 마신다 (gimchitgukbuteo masinda) — To count your chickens before they hatch.
- 등잔 밑이 어둡다 (Deungjan mit-i eodupda) — The answer is overlooked right under your nose.
- 우물에 가 숭늉 찾는다 (Umure ga sungnyung channeunda) — To demand results with absurd impatience.
- 누워서 떡 먹기 (nuwoseo tteok meokgi) — An extremely easy task.
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