question on two expressions
죽기아님 까무러치기

빚져봐야 본전이다

The basic motivation for saying these two is very much similar, right? Are there any subtle differences?

From what I can gather, it's a type of do-or-die scenario one faces with when one could say that.

Also, I heard it through another korean that typically 빚 is pronounced as 밎 in the above expression. Is that usually the case? Is there any reason why that is so?

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question on two expressions
죽기아님 까무러치기

빚져봐야 본전이다

The basic motivation for saying these two is very much similar, right?  Are there any subtle differences?

From what I can gather, it's a type of do-or-die scenario one faces with when one could say that.

Also, I heard it through another korean that typically 빚 is pronounced as 밎 in the above expression.  Is that usually the case?  Is there any reason why that is so?

Answer

죽기아님 까무러치기

빚져봐야 본전이다 (x)
밑져봐야 본전이다 (o)

These two sentences are quite different
'죽기아님 까무러치기', This sentence is more similar to 'do-or-die'
'밑져봐야 본전이다 ', This sentence meaning is similar to 'You have nothing to lose', 'Trying wouldn´t do any harm'

In addition,
'밑져봐야', '밑지다' mean 'lose' (kind of money)
So, A literal translation of the sentence is 'if you lose money, your (bank balance) principal

'밑지다' and '빚지다' meaning is quite similar :)

If you don't understand my English or There are grammatical errors in my sentence
Add some comment. thx

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