Hairy Butt

picture from http://gregbennett.blogs.com/photos/halloween_2005/gbs_halloween_party_dog_with_fake_butt_h.jpg

Have you heard of an expression, 엉덩이에 털 난다 [uhng-duhng-ee-eh-teol-nan-da] meaning you get hairy butt? Yeah, it does sounds funky weird but it's an expression to use to someone who goes from tears to smile/laughter back and forth.

Usually it happens to be someone crying and then smile/laugh then others taunt that person saying "울다가 웃으면 엉덩이에 털난다" [wool-da-ka-woo-su-myun-uhng-duhng-ee-eh-ppool-nan-da] meaning if you cry and all of sudden smile/laugh, hair grows on your butt.

Some say it's originated from how much/often emotion changes during teenage and at the same time the secondary sex character occurs involving hair growing on different body parts. Others say it's just to taunt little kids by funny & embarrassing line, which is hairy butt.

Yup, believe or not, we still use it. =)

Mr. Tiger's Wedding Day

Odd season of LA, it rains since December as if this is somewhere in rain forest area in Asia. Like today, serious pouring rain then a little bit of sun shine peaking out with drizzle, that's when Mr. Tiger gets married.

If you've ever heard of 호랑이 장가가는 날 [ho-rahng-ee-jang-ka-ka-neun-nal], that's what it is. When it rains with sun out, which doesn't happen often in Korea either, go ahead and say "I guess Mr. Tiger is getting married today."

Because lion is somewhat equivalent "fierce animal" to the tiger, people also jokingly say "Mr. Lion's wedding day" when it snows with sun light out.

If you ask me what story that phrase is from, the only story I've heard is that there was Ms. Fox loving Mr. Tiger but he didn't know and ended up getting married to another creature and Ms. Fox was sad & crying. So. rainy & sunny day is also called 여우비 (yu-woo-bi, meaning "fox rain").

IF it really rains or snows in your wedding day, which is unpleasant in a lot of ways and becuase of that reason (I guess to make you feel better), people will say the married couple will live happily ever after.