미역국을 먹다
Meaning: To fail an exam.
Language: Korean
Literally: To eat seaweed soup
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Slippery seaweed soup suggests slipping up, so Koreans avoid it before a test and joke that failing means you ate it.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Lägga rabarber på något — To claim or grab something for yourself.
- Nu har du satt din sista potatis — You've done your last misdeed; you're finished.
- Bułka z masłem — Something very easy; a piece of cake.
- Se faire rouler dans la farine — To be conned or deceived.
- Avoir le melon — To be bigheaded and conceited.
- To have egg on your face — To look foolish or embarrassed.
More Korean idioms
- 그림의 떡 — Something desirable but completely out of reach.
- 김칫국부터 마신다 — To count your chickens before they hatch.
- 등잔 밑이 어둡다 — The answer is overlooked right under your nose.
- 우물에 가 숭늉 찾는다 — To demand results with absurd impatience.
- 누워서 떡 먹기 — An extremely easy task.
- 호박이 넝쿨째 굴러 들어왔다 — Unexpected great fortune fell into your lap.
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