Caveat: 거북이 잔등에 털을 긁는다

한국말을 배움 (Failing to Learn Korean) / 한국어 속담 (Aphorisms & Proverbs)

I learned this aphorism from my book of aphorisms.

거북이 잔등에 털을 긁는다
geo.buk.i jan.deung.e teol.eul geulk.neun.da
turtle back-LOC fur-OBJ scratch-PRES
[One] scratches the fur on a turtles back.

This means trying to do the impossible. “Trying to shave an egg”? “When pigs fly”?
Something like that.
Don’t try to do impossible things, right?
[daily log: walking, 1km]

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