골로 가다

Korean

Etymology

Literally, "to go to the ditch".

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞ɭɭo̞ ka̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [골로 가다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gollo gada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gollo gada
McCune–Reischauer?kollo kada
Yale Romanization?kollo kata

Idiom

골로 가다 • (gol-lo gada)

  1. (slang) to croak, to die
    골로 갈 뻔 했다. ― Gollo gal ppeon haetda. ― [I] almost croaked.
    • 1992, 유재현 [yujaehyeon, Yu Jae-hyeon], “구르는 돌 [gureuneun dol, The Rolling Stone]”, in 創(창)作(작)과 批(비)評(평)[Changjak-gwa Bipyeong], volume 20, page 260:
      게다가, 전두환이는 처음 듣는 놈이니까 처음부터 이새끼 저새끼 할 수 있어도 박정희대통령은 벌써 골로 간 사람이고 골로 갔으면 욕을 하는 게 아니었다.
      Gedaga, Jeon-duhwan-i-neun cheo'eum deunneun nom-inikka cheo'eum-buteo isaekki jeosaekki hal su isseo-do bak-jeonGhui-daetongnyeong-eun beolsseo gollo gan saram-igo gollo gasseumyeon yog-eul haneun ge anieotda.
      Furthermore, since Chun Doo-hwan was a bastard you were hearing about for the very first time, you could talk about him as "this son of a bitch" and "that son of a bitch" from the very beginning, but President Park Chung-hee was a guy who had already croaked, and if someone had croaked, you weren't supposed to say bad things about them.
    Synonyms: 뒤지다 (dwijida), 뒈지다 (dwejida)
  2. (slang, by extension) to be in trouble, to be doomed
    • 2017 April 11, “홍준표 "文, 盧와 의논했다면 공범…지금도 조사하면 골로 간다"”, in news.sbs.co.kr, Seoul Broadcasting System:
      공소시효가 15년인데 지금도 조사하면 골로 갈 수 있다
      gongsosihyo-ga sibo-nyeon-inde jigeum-do josahamyeon gollo gal su itda
      The statute of limitations is up to fifteen years, so even now, if investigations happened, he could get in trouble
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