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Study Method 6 for This Book

Lesson 1 Heaven helps those who help themselves 13
Heaven helps those who help themselves

Lesson 2: You Can't See the Forest for the Trees 19
One cannot see the forest for the trees

Lesson 3: The Grass is Greener on the Other Side 25
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Lesson 4: A Thousand Nyang of Someone Else's Money is Not Worth a Penny of Your Own
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Lesson 5: The More You Go, the More You Go 37
Out of frying pan into the fire

Lesson 6: You may know the depth of ten feet of water, but you don't know the heart of a person one foot deep. 43
Men and melons are hard to know

Lesson 7: If you speak kindly, you will hear kind words in return. 49
Nice words for nice words

Lesson 8: If you plant beans, you will reap beans. If you plant red beans, you will reap red beans. 55
As you sow, so you reap

Lesson 9: A Horse Without Legs Travels a Thousand Miles 61
News and rumors travel fast

Lesson 10: Three-Year-Old Habits Last Until Eighty 67
Old habits die hard

Lesson 11: Eating Rice Cakes While Lying Down 73
A piece of cake

Lesson 12: Frogs and Tadpoles Can't Think 79
The old cow thinks she was never a calf

Lesson 13: Crayfish, Crab Edition 85
Birds of a feather flock together

Lesson 14: Giving and Receiving in Return 91
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

Lesson 15: I'm afraid of maggots, so I can't make kimchi. 97
To bite the bullet

Lesson 16: Even Monkeys Fall from Trees 103
Even Homer sometimes nods

Lesson 17: It sticks to the liver and gallbladder. 109
One turns one's coat readily

Lesson 18: Digging a Well 115
A master of one is better than a jack of all trades

Lesson 19: The shit-covered dog barks at the bran-covered dog. 121
The pot calls the kettle black

Lesson 20: The Moon Wanes and Wanes 127
Every flow must have its ebb

Lesson 21: Even Earthworms Wriggle When Stepped On 133
Even a worm will turn

Lesson 22: Even a single bead is a treasure only if it is strung together. 139
Nothing is valuable unless you put it in final shape

Lesson 23: Lying Under a Persimmon Tree, Waiting for the Persimmons to Fall 145
There's no sweet without sweat

Lesson 24: See the hole the dog is trying to escape from and chase it. 151
A cornered rat will bite the cat

Lesson 25: Darkness Under the Lamp 157
The darkest place is under the candle

Lesson 26: Pearl Necklace on a Pig's Neck 163
Casting pearls before swine

Lesson 27: Market Side Dishes 169
Hunger is the best sauce

Lesson 28: A Dragon Rises from a Stream 175
A rags-to-riches story

Lesson 29: Pull Out the Ox Horns in One Go! 181
Strike while the iron is hot

Lesson 30: Too many captains spoil the broth. 187
Too many cooks spoil the broth

Lesson 31: Not Noticing Your Clothes Getting Wet in a Drizzle 193
A small leak will sink a great ship

If the value is the same as Lesson 32, it is 199 for the red skirt.
Better a castle of bones than of stones

Lesson 33: The Diamond Mountains After a Meal 205
A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds

Lesson 34: Eating the Pheasant and the Eggs 211
Killing two birds with one stone

Lesson 35: I Will Hold the Chapter in My Hands 217
I will eat my hat

Lesson 36: Hongdukae in the Night 223
A bolt from the blue

Lesson 37: Water Wears Through the Stepping Stone 229
Constant dropping wears away a stone

Lesson 38: Throat Grapevine 235
Necessity knows no law

Lesson 39: Clothes are Wings 241
Fine feathers make fine birds

Lesson 40: Even a Creeper Can Roll 247
Every man to his trade

Appendix (English translation of dialogue / Answers to practice questions) 253