Korean Idioms & Expressions

배가 아프다

bae-ga apeuda

Literal meaning

one's stomach hurts

To be jealous or envious of someone else's good fortune — to feel a pang because another person is doing well. Idiomatic, not a literal stomachache.

Korean	English
친구가 복권에 당첨됐다니 괜히 배가 아프다. chingu-ga bokgwon-e dangcheomdwaetdani gwaenhi bae-ga apeuda.	Hearing that my friend won the lottery, I can't help feeling a twinge of envy.

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