"Pie in the sky" means "그림의 떡" in Korean.

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그림의 떡
 
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Pronunciation kŭ-ri-me ttŏk
meaning Pie in the sky
"Pie in the sky" is "그림의 떡"(kŭ-ri-me ttŏk) in Korean.
It literally means ‘rice cake in a painting’ but truly means ‘pie in the sky’.
Part of speech
  • Idiom
  • Collocation
  • Frequent using
  • four-character Idioms
  • Proverb
  • Imitative word
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Sound of animals
  • Noun
  • Conjunction
  • Adverb
  • Particle
  • Interjection
  • Verb
  • Adjective
  • Symbol
  • Korean of "Idiom"

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