둏은 나무부터 띡히구 못 쓰는 낭그느 깉는다

Korean

Etymology

Literally "good trees are cut down first and the unusable trees remain".

Proverb

둏은 나무부터 띡히구 못 쓰는 낭그느 깉는다 • (dyoeun namu-buteo ttikhigu mot sseuneun nanggeuneu ginneunda)

1. (Yukjin) the good die young

References

• 박경래, 곽충구, 강영봉 [bakgyeongnae, gwakchunggu, gang'yeongbong] (2012) “새로 발굴한 방언(8) [saero balgulhan bang'eon(8), Newly discovered dialectal forms (8)]”, in Bang'eonhak, volume 14, pages 189—225