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Maskarvaibhav Posted 13 years ago
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This seems like a small thing,and "many Western countries would kill to have South korea's problems".Please give the meaning of the sentence in quotes.
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" means that someone wants something very much indeed (literally so much that they would kill to obtain it, though the expression is not meant literally). The point here is that South Korea's so-called "problems" are much less severe than the problems of many Western countries, so the Western countries would love to have South Korea's problems instead of their own.
- " means that someone wants something very much indeed (literally so much that they would kill to obtain it, though the expression is not meant literally).
- The point here is that South Korea's so-called "problems" are much less severe than the problems of many Western countries, so the Western countries would love to have South Korea's problems instead of their own.
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"would kill to have ..." means that someone wants something very much indeed (literally so much that they would kill to obtain it, though the expression is not meant literally). The point here is that South Korea's so-called "problems" are much less severe than the problems of many Western countries, so the Western countries would love to have South Korea's problems instead of their own.
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I see that you have asked this question in another forum. Please don't ask a question in more than one forum I will result in people wasting their time answering questions that have already been answered.
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