Nuance Dictionary / Social Situations
속이 터지다 Sok-i teo-ji-da
When watching someone's painfully slow, clueless, or stubborn behavior makes your insides feel ready to burst from absolute frustration.
What does 속이 터지다 mean?
속이 터지다 (Sok-i teo-ji-da) means: When watching someone's painfully slow, clueless, or stubborn behavior makes your insides feel ready to burst from absolute frustration.
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How it's actually used
- 저 사람 일하는 것만 보면 속이 터져 죽겠어.
Jeo saram il-ha-neun geot-man bomyeon sog-i teo-jyeo juk-ges-seo.
Just watching the way that person works makes my insides burst.
💡 Shows how the feeling of frustration is so intense it practically threatens your life. - 아니, 답답한 소리 좀 그만해. 속 터지니까.
Ani, dap-dap-han sori jom geu-man-hae. Sok teo-ji-ni-kka.
Seriously, stop talking such frustrating nonsense. I'm about to blow a gasket.
💡 Demonstrates how natives shorten it to '속 터지다' in direct, heated conversation. - 고구마 백 개 먹은 것처럼 속이 터진다 터져.
Goguma baek gae meog-eun geot-cheoreom sog-i teo-jin-da teo-jyeo.
My insides are bursting, seriously bursting, like I just ate a hundred dry sweet potatoes.
💡 Pairs the idiom with the ultimate cultural metaphor for choking, suffocating slowness.
Related words in Social Situations
손에 땀을 쥐다 Son-e ttam-eul jwida손이 크다 soni keuda숨이 차다 Sum-i chada숨이 턱 막히다 sumi teok makhida티끌모아 ti-kkeul-mo-a