골치가 아파요 · 골치 아픈 (+noun) (으 drops)
to be a headache, to be troublesome and hard to deal with
Example
이사 준비 때문에 요즘 골치가 아파요.
Getting ready to move has been giving me a headache lately.
Word parts
골치 is a colloquial word for the head or brain (골 'brain'), so literally 'the head hurts'.
Good to know
For annoying problems, not real headaches (use 머리가 아프다 for those): 골치 아픈 문제 'a thorny problem'. Related: 골칫거리 'a nuisance'.
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