"Pie in the sky" means "그림의 떡" in Korean.

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그림의 떡
 
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Pronunciation kŭ-ri-me ttŏk
meaning Pie in the sky
"Pie in the sky" is "그림의 떡"(kŭ-ri-me ttŏk) in Korean.
It literally means ‘rice cake in a painting’ but truly means ‘pie in the sky’.
Part of speech
  • Idiom
  • Collocation
  • Frequent using
  • four-character Idioms
  • Proverb
  • Imitative word
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Sound of animals
  • Noun
  • Conjunction
  • Adverb
  • Particle
  • Interjection
  • Verb
  • Adjective
  • Symbol
  • Korean of "Idiom"

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  • 제정신이 아니다(be out of one's min..
  • 귀를 파다(make the ear cleaning)
  • 거울로 삼다(Make a roll model)
  • 경종을 울리다(call the attention)
  • 김(이) 빠지다(To eliminate the mo..
  • 말이 안 되다 중복(be out of the que..
  • 어림도 없다(cannot compete with)
  • 뺨(을) 치다(outshine)
  • 기승을 부리다(Raging)
  • 머리가 잘 돌아가다()
  • 무안을 당하다(lose face)
  • 껌이지(The sense that a piece o..
  • 눈물을 머금다()
  • 땡땡이(를) 치다(Skip, cutting)
  • 필름이 끊기다(black out)
  • 하늘의 별 따기()
  • 기(를) 쓰다(I do my best)
  • 가슴이 뜨끔하다(Prick at one's cons..
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