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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유명무실
This four-character idiom combines 'name exists' and 'reality is absent'. It is often used to criticize ineffective laws, weak organizations, or empty titles.
Examples in context
그 제도는 제대로 운영되지 않아 유명무실해졌어요
That system became nominal because it was not operated properly
이름만 화려할 뿐 실제로는 유명무실한 행사였다
It was an event that was only grand in name but empty in reality
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