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집과 땅 — 터무니, 안성맞춤 — House and land: where 터무니없다 and 안성맞춤 come from
집과 땅 — 터무니, 안성맞춤 — House and land: where 터무니없다 and 안성맞춤 come from. Lesson 6 of Where Korean Words Come From in the haru Korean theme courses.
What you will be able to do
- Use five words from houses, land and places naturally: 터무니없다, 안성맞춤, 감쪽같다, 삼천포로 빠지다, 문턱이 닳다
- Say 'as if' with 마치 -(으)ㄴ/는 것처럼 and 'it fits perfectly' with N처럼 꼭 맞다 · N에 딱 맞다
- Read a travel guide that hides place names inside words and retell one origin
- Know when a place-name idiom can hurt someone, and what to say instead
Grammar in this lesson
- 집과 땅에도 뿌리가 있다
- 지명이 숨은 말 · N에 딱 맞다