Korean Idioms & Expressions

말아먹다

marameokda

Literal meaning

to roll up and eat (it all)

To squander or blow everything — money, a business, an opportunity — until it's ruined. Slangy; used when someone wastes or destroys what they had.

Korean	English
물려받은 가게를 몇 년 만에 다 말아먹었어요. mullyeobadeun gageereul myeot nyeon mane da marameogeosseoyo.	He blew the whole shop he'd inherited in just a few years.

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