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꼬리가 길면 밟힌다

kkoriga gilmyeon balpinda [꼬리가 길면 발핀다]

꼬리가 길면 밟힌다고 · 꼬리가 길면 밟혀요

if you keep doing wrong, you'll eventually get caught

Example

꼬리가 길면 밟힌다고, 결국 거짓말이 다 들통났어요.

Keep it up long enough and you get caught; in the end all his lies came out.

Word parts

Literally 'a long tail gets stepped on.'

Good to know

Pronounced [발핀다] — ㅂ and ㅎ merge into ㅍ.