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그림의 떡 Geurimeui tteok
A long-term ambition, career milestone, or life goal that is hopelessly out of reach.
What does 그림의 떡 mean?
그림의 떡 (Geurimeui tteok) means: A long-term ambition, career milestone, or life goal that is hopelessly out of reach.
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How it's actually used
- 대기업 임원 승진은 나한테는 그냥 그림의 떡이지.
dae-gi-eop im-won seung-jin-eun na-han-te-neun geu-nyang geurimeui tteok-iji.
Getting promoted to an executive at a major corporation is just a pie in the sky for me.
💡 Reveals how natives use the term to dismiss career milestones that are statistically impossible for them. - 서울에 내 집 마련하는 건 이제 그림의 떡이야.
seoul-e nae jip ma-ryeon-haneun geon i-je geurimeui tteok-iya.
Buying my own home in Seoul is an unattainable dream by now.
💡 Highlights the term's heavy usage in modern economic despair regarding housing. - 그 나이에 의대 입시는 그림의 떡 아닐까?
geu na-i-e ui-dae ip-si-neun geurimeui tteok a-nil-kka?
Isn't trying to enter medical school at that age a bit of an impossible dream?
💡 Demonstrates how it is casually deployed to question the realism of someone's late-stage life goals.
Related words in Social Situations
기분 전환 Gi-bun jeon-hwan기(氣)가 살다 Gi-ga salda기 싸움 Gi ssaum고생 끝에 낙이 온다 Gosaeng kkeute nagi onda과연 gwayeon