Icing on the cake Tail wagging the dog Sweetness after bitterness Piece of cake Well-connected Pie in the sky Picky eater Third party profit Shy with strangers Babe in the woods Lend an ear Ponder deeply Nominal Short-lived resolution Kill two birds with one stone In a race against time High sky fat horse Busy as a bee Through thick and thin Mismatch of words and actions
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고진감래
This Sino-Korean idiom suggests that pleasure follows pain. It is the most common phrase used to comfort students studying for exams or employees working on difficult projects.
Examples in context
힘든 시간을 견뎌냈으니 이제 고진감래일 거예요
Since you endured hard times sweetness will follow bitterness now
십 년 동안 노력한 끝에 고진감래의 기쁨을 누렸다
After ten years of effort I enjoyed the joy of success following hardship
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