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V+ 는 둥 마는 둥 하다

It is attached to the stem of an action verb when someone is not working hard or doing it properly.

제 동생에게 아무리 충고를 해 주어도 듣는 둥 마는 둥 해서 이제는 포기했어요.
No matter how much advice I gave my brother, he didn't seem like listening that much, so I gave up now.

그렇게 청소를 하는 둥 마는 둥 할 거면 아예 하지 마.
Just don't do it if you are going to clean up like that.

그는 회사일이 걱정되어서 자는 둥 마는 둥 하다가 결국 새벽 일찍 일어나 출근했다.
He was worried about his work that he couldn't sleep that well and went to work early in the morning.

Conversation:

스티브 씨, 그 빵 좋아하지 않아요?
Don't you like that bread, Steve?

왜 이렇게 먹는 둥 마는 둥 해요?
Why are you nibbling on like that?

어제 친구들 모임이 있어서 오랜만에 술을 마셨더니 아직도 속이 좀 울렁거리네요.
I still feel a little nauseous because I had a meeting with my friends yesterday and drank for the first time in a long time.

숙취 해소 음료라도 마셔 보지 그래요?
Why don't you try a hangover drink?

아까 한 병 사서 마셨는데 별로 효과가 없는 것 같아요.
I bought a bottle a moment ago but it doesn't seem to work.

그럼 해장국 먹으러 가는 게 어때요?
Then, why don't you go eat hangover soup?

역 근처에 새로 생긴 해장국집이 괜찮대요.
I heard that the new hangover soup restaurant near the station is good.

그거 좋겠네요. 따뜻한 국물을 좀 마시면 숙취가 풀릴 것 같아요.
That sounds good. I think drinking some warm soup will relieve my hangover.

Related words
울렁거리다 to feel nauseous
숙취 hangover
해소 to ease, to relieve,
숙취 해소 음료 hangover drink
해장국 hangover soup

 

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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