Badass Korean
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Mooch! 빈대붙다 [bin-dae-but-da]
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.
빈대붙다
[bin-dae-but-da]
a parasite or freeloader to mooch sponge from
The perfection of being a parasite You may have a monkey on your back but I’m stuck with this blood-sucking mooch! Really, 빈대붙다 [bin-dae-but-da]
Meaning & context
글자 그대로 빈대가 달라붙는 것. 빈대가 몰래 달라붙어 숙주의 피를 빨아먹는것처럼, 이 표현은 누군가 요금(보통 식사비 또는 유흥비)에 대한 공정한 지불을 하지 않을 때 사용된 다.
Literally “a bedbug clinging.” As a bedbug secretly clings to its host to suck its blood, this refers to someone not contributing a fair share to a fee (for food or entertainment), and to leech or “sponge off” of someone.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 129–129. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
다른 곳에 선행 베풀기
English
Pay it Forward
야, 민지가 어떻게 도망쳤지? 또 당했어.
Man, how did she do that? Minji strikes again.
돈 안내고 도망칠 작정이었어! 걔는 맨날 빈대붙네.
She managed to get away without paying! She’s always bindaebutda.
왜 우리는 항상 빈대붙게 놔두지?
Why do we always let her bindaebutda?
그래도 민지는 재밌는 빈대니까.
I guess it’s ‘cause she’s such a fun bedbug.
그런 선행을 다른 곳에 좀 베풀면 좋으련만. 민지한테 문자보내자.
I hope she at least pays it forward. Let’s send her a text.
“푹 자! 빈대가 물게 냅두지 말고.”
“Sleep tight! Don’t let the bedbugs bite.”
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