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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발등에 불이 떨어지다
Literally meaning fire has fallen on the top of one's foot, this describes the urgent state of needing to act immediately because a situation has become critical.
Examples in context
시험이 내일이라 발등에 불이 떨어졌어요
The exam is tomorrow so I am in a panic
마감 기한이 다 되어서야 발등에 불이 떨어진 듯 일했다
Only when the deadline approached did I work like my feet were on fire
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