Preface 4
Note How to Use This Book 6
Table of Contents 10

Part 1 Idioms 12

1.
For the message to not even reach the liver 14
2.
To loosen the reins 16
3.
To go to the valley 18
4.
To eat bone broth soup 20
5 To get a callus in your ear 22
6.
Rice cake in a picture 24
7.
To drink kimchi soup first 26
8.
To wear a can 28
9.
To rain sesame seeds 30
10.
To brand 32
11.
In the blink of an eye 34
12.
To not blink an eye 36
13.
For it to be dark in front of one's eyes 38
14.
To have one's eye stepped on 40
15.
For a large gourd to sprout 42
16.
To shell pumpkin seeds with your back hole 44
17.
To act like it's a different shop 46
18.
All sandfish 48
19.
To hover in one's head 50
20.
To scratch the bowl 52
21.
To act like the wind 54
22.
For one's feet to not come up off the ground 56
23.
For one's stomach to hurt 58
24.
To grab one's belly button 60
25.
For one's guts to be twisted 62
26.
To raise a white flag 64
27.
To be unable to even find the principal 66
28.
To adjust one's stomach 68
29.
To break the box of fortunes 70
30.
A bright red lie 72
31.
For one's insides to burn 74
32.
To wait counting on one's fingers 76
33.
To take a name tag off a falcon 78
34.
For one's intestines to burn 80
35.
For one to be nettled 82
36.
For one's shoulders to be heavy 84
37.
For the front of one's clothes to be wide 86
38.
To grit one's teeth 88
39.
To put shackles on 90
40.
Without a mouse or a bird realizing 92
41.
For one's star to be released 94
42.
To douse with cold water 96
43.
To carry the gunstock 98
44.
To wear a mask 100
45.
The barrel is large. For the size to be big 102
46.
To mark/to be marked with the character for “reject” 104
47.
To grab at a hole 106
48.
For the starch to give way 108
49.
To get rid of malaria 110
50.
To tighten one's belt 112

Part 2 Four-Character Idioms 114

51.
To behave frivolously and foolishly 116
52.
Gojin Gamrae After all of the bitterness comes sweetness 118
53.
Adding flowers on top of silk 120
54.
For one's energy to rise to a height of 10,000 jang 122
55.
To be so concerned with something that one burns with worry 124
56.
For a large bowl to be completed late 126
57.
Ingratitude To forget and betray the favor you received from someone 128
58.
To shoot 100 times and hit 100 times 130
59.
To fight 100 times and win 100 times 132
60.
Sapilgwijeong Everything will certainly return to the proper path 134
61.
Below one's eyes, nobody exists 136
62.
The flesh of the weak becomes the food of the strong 138
63.
To be unable to forget while asleep or awake 140
64.
Indecisive To be so soft that one can't make a decision 142
65.
To live leisurely as one pleases, inleisure and relaxation 144
66.
To communicate from heart to heart 146
67.
To use heat to deal with heat 148
68.
A firmly made up mind cannot last 3 days 150
69.
To gnash one's teeth and for one's mind to be troubled 152
70.
A wife who sared a meal of dregs of liquor and rice bran 154
71.
The direction of the heavens and the axis of the earth 156
72.
A match made in heaven A relationship decided by the heavens 158
73.
To fall down seven times and get up eight times 160
74.
Hamheung Chasa A government official dispatched to Hamheung 162
75.
A tiger stares and glowers 164

Part 3 Slang 166

76.
Ultra hate / Ultra disgusting 168
77.
Shocked / Shook 170
78.
Kkondae / Boomer 172
79.
Let's only walk on paths of flowers / Everything is coming up roses 174
80.
No answer / No solution 176
81.
No fun / Not funny 178
82.
Nunu nana 180
83.
A latte is...
/ Back in my day 182
84.
Mental collapse / Mental breakdown 184
85.
Muyaho Mu-yahoo 186
86.
Small but certain happiness 188
87.
Honestly 190
88.
Heart boom / Heart pounding 192
89.
To feel “Some” / To be in a situationship 194
90.
Aggro / Provoking / Trolling 196
91.
Inferiority explosion 198
92.
Insider / Social / Popular 200
93.
To become a fan / To get hooked 202
94.
Sorry I couldn't protect you 204
95.
To be salted / To be awesome / To be very good or bad 206
96.
Most loved / Bias 208
97.
Preference shot / My style 210
98.
Hard carry / To carry 212
99.
Dark history / Dark past 214
100.
To not know / To know nothing / To have no idea 216

Appendix 218
Quiz Answer 220
Meaning & Origin in Korean 225
Index of K-Pop Songs 248
Alphabetical Index of 100 Expressions 260

ㆍ Learn expressions actually used in K-Pop!

By finding idiomatic expressions, idioms, and trendy expressions actually used in various K-Pop songs that are gaining worldwide popularity and explaining their meanings and origins, foreign learners can become more familiar with Korean idiomatic expressions that may be unfamiliar and difficult.

ㆍ You can infer the meaning of expressions with fun illustrations and meaning inference quizzes!

Idioms are often not used in their literal sense.
Therefore, you can stimulate interest and check your knowledge easily with fun illustrations and simple quizzes so that learners can infer the meaning and usage of idiomatic expressions on their own.

ㆍ You can learn vivid sounds and intonations through audio and use expressions like a native speaker!

Not only in K-Pop lyrics, but also in the daily lives of Koreans, various idiomatic expressions and buzzwords are actually used.
Therefore, by listening to and imitating all expressions and examples from professional voice actors, you can practice vivid tones and intonations and use expressions naturally like a Korean in real conversation situations.

ㆍ Check out idiomatic expressions in various K-Pop songs!

For each expression, we introduce K-Pop songs in which it is used, so learners can check out a variety of songs in which the expression appears, in addition to songs they already know.
If there's a song you don't know, you can search for it and listen to it, and you can review the context in which the expressions you learned are used by listening to the lyrics.