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SKFK [Visitor] — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:57:45 +0000

Yes, although people seem to think that it expresses an even worse sentiment, because you're jealous about something good happening to a member of your own family. The one about rice cake is 남의 떡이 더 커보인다, in which 남 means a stranger or someone who's not related to you.

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admin [Member] — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:30:37 +0000

Is that a jealousy saying like "your rice cake looks bigger/more delicious than mine"?

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SKFK [Visitor] — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:51:11 +0000

Yep, 날아라 슈퍼보드 is a modern retelling/parody of Journey To The West. I know about the show but I've never actually watched any episode, because it was on Korean TV while I was attending college in the States during the early '90's.

In case of 부처님 손안에 있다, I think it's more of a literary reference than a saying. When people talk about a Korean saying, I usually think of something like "my stomach hurts when my cousin buys a piece of land."

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admin [Member] — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:21:38 +0000

SKFK, I read those titles to Good Man and he just started dancing some weird chika-chika dance from that kid's show 날아라 슈퍼보드. Said it's somehow related to one of those titles.. Umm...yes, he knows them. And I wasn't saying that the country of origin wasn't clear in this case. What I meant is that since it's a saying in Korean, I think it's fair that he called it "a Korean saying," even if the saying's origin is China. To quote Good Man, "Yeah, everything came from China. We rarely have anything just from Korea. Everything is influenced by Chinese. Yeah, guess what, Buddha is not from Korea." My last sentence should have included the qualifier "in other cases."

We've Got Seoul, I'm working on getting that "this food is so good if someone died at the table the other guests wouldn't notice" phrase down for the visit with the in-laws. ;)

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We've Got Seoul [Visitor] — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:09:53 +0000

Hahaha I love the Buddha saying - already using it on my husband ^^ and I put it on my twitter but ran out of space to credit you so thank you!