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Modern Korean Slang & Expressions
얼굴을 잘 못 알아보다
eolgureul jal mot araboda
The concept
脸盲 — Face blindness
How Koreans say it
Korean has no snappy slang for 'face blindness'; people just say 얼굴을 잘 못 알아봐 ('I'm bad at recognizing faces') or 사람 얼굴을 잘 기억 못 해. The medical term is 안면 인식 장애 (prosopagnosia).
Examples
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 미안, 내가 얼굴을 잘 못 알아봐서 못 알아봤어. mian, naega eolgureul jal mot arabwaseo mot arabwasseo. | Sorry, I'm bad with faces so I didn't recognize you. |
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