More you drink, more you want
Hi, how to say "more you drink, more you want"* in Korean, in a poetic way?
Or is there an idiom for that?

*The more you take/have, the more you want: basically, growing greediness.

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More you drink, more you want
Hi, how to say "more you drink, more you want"* in Korean, in a poetic way?
Or is there an idiom for that?

*The more you take/have, the more you want: basically, growing greediness.

Answer

The more  ..., the more ... => ~면 ~ㄹ수록 ~다.

- The more you drink, the more you want => 마시면 마실수록 더 마시고 싶다.

- The more you own, the more you want => 가지면 가질수록 더 갖고 싶다 (own = 가지다, 소유하다).

- The older I get, the more indifferent I become => 나이를 먹을수록 더 무신경해진다.

- The younger the child, the more protein it needs => 어린아이일수록 단백질이 (더) 많이 필요하다.

- As time goes by, the population grows. => 세월이 갈수록 인구는 많아진다.

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