김칫국

김칫국 부터 마시지 마세요.

Don't drink gimchi soup first.

떡줄 사람은 생각도 않는데 김칫국 부터 마시지 마세요.
당신이 어떤 잘못된 기대를 하고 있을 때 사람들이 사용하는 말이에요.
영어로는 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.'과 같은 의미입니다.
한국 사람은 떡을 먹을 때는 김칫국을 마시면서 먹는 것을 좋아해요. 그래서 이런 말이 나오게 되었어요.
짐작했겠지만 김칫국은 김치를 주재료로 만든 국이에요.

The person who will give you the rice cake has no intention of doing that, so don't drink gimchi soup first.
This is what people use when you have some false expectations.
In English, it means something like 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.'
When Koreans eat rice cakes, they like to eat it while drinking gimchi. So this came to be said.
As you might have guessed, Gimchiguk is a soup made with gimchi as the main ingredient.

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