"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" is a phrase that is used when talking about someone/people that look for the negative when he/she/they receive an unexpected positive.
UPDATED 10 Dec 2010 - a hat tip to the commenters for remembering some I forgot!
So what if the Korean language is not your first language? You can still use it in a way that's probably not used by the locals. These are the examples I've heard - or used - of recent:
A short while back, Jo happen to complete another lap around the sun. In some circles, that's known as a birthday - we like to refer to it as a call to action!
remember school pictures? “will students with last names starting with a-c please come to the auditorium?” you shuffled to the other side of the school, killed as much time as your could chatting with your friends and finally slumped down in front of a gray backdrop for exactly one droopy-eyed snapshot from the poor schlub from johnson’s photo who spent most of his life taking portraits of high schoolers at prom and for the yearbook and looked like he could think of nothing but getting the hell out of there?
The kids’ diary entries really entertain me sometimes, because they’re either totally off the wall, or I completely connect with them. This entry is one I could have written as a small child.
Title: Wedding
Today was my aunt’s wedding. I saw my aunt. She was very beautiful. I want to wear a wedding dress. Because it is very beautiful. I saw my uncle too. My uncle was very handsome. And my uncle was very tall. Today was a beautiful day.
It was fun, addressing all the various sized envelopes. Especially with addresses like Mt. Zion, and Bluegrass Dr. A rather large part of my heart will always reside in the sweet Southern part of the United States.
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