Modern Korean Slang & Expressions

얻어먹다

eodeomeokda

The concept

吃白食 / 蹭 — Mooching a free meal

How Koreans say it

얻어먹다 = to get fed (by someone else's treat), i.e. eat for free. Neutral when a senior pays, but 빌붙다 ('to leech/freeload') is the negative one for someone who always mooches. 한턱내다 is the opposite: to treat others.

Examples

Korean	English
오늘은 선배한테 점심 얻어먹었어. oneureun seonbaehante jeomsim eodeomeogeosseo.	Today my senior treated me to lunch.

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