Badass Korean
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JUST SHOOT ME!
The picture gets your attention. The expression is the real punchline. Here is the meaning and the scene behind it, straight from As Much as a Rat’s Tail.
돌아가시겠다
[dol-a-ga-si-get-da]
kill me now; driving me crazy
돌아가시겠다 [dol-a-ga-si-get-da] kill me now; drive sb crazy
Meaning & context
직역으로는 ‘내가 죽겠다’는 것을 의미한다. 이것은 ‘죽겠다’의 존대어로 표현되는 말인데, 여기서는 죽을 정도로 어이없고 어처구니없는 것을 뜻한다.
Literally “to pass away,” dolagasigetda is used in formal language to refer to a death. As slang, it expresses the feeling of being dumbfounded that comes with an improbable, perplexing or ridiculous situation, invoking feelings associated with a sudden death. Similar to the English expression: “just shoot me!” or “kill me now!”
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 81–81. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
잃어버린 바지
English
Missing Pants
무슨 일 있어? 바지는 어쨌어?
What happened to you? Where are your pants?
딸꾹질(약간의 문제) 때문에 포맷했어.
I had the hiccups, so I went in for a reformatting.
그래서 이제는 괜찮아 진거야? 그런데, 네 바지는 어디간거냐구.
So now you are better? But where are your pants?
아무데서도 찾을 수가 없어! 프로그램도 없어지고 오류메시지 계속 뜨고 바지는 없네. 돌아가시겠다.
I can’t find them anywhere: programs missing, error messages, and no pants. Dolagasigetda.
그래, 너 자주 죽을(다운) 때마다 보는 나도 조금씩 죽을 지경이었어.
Yeah, you die often and I die a little every time I see you.
완전히 돌아가시겠다.
Absolutely dolagasigetda.
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