Korean Idioms & Expressions

입이 마르다

ib-i mareuda

Literal meaning

one's mouth goes dry

To talk something up repeatedly; to praise endlessly until one's mouth runs dry. Usually as 입이 마르도록 칭찬하다.

Korean	English
선생님은 그 학생을 입이 마르도록 칭찬했다. seonsaengnim-eun geu haksaeng-eul ib-i mareudorok chingchanhaetda.	The teacher praised that student endlessly.

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