30 Korean Nature and Season Idioms

Spring flowers, autumn fruits (reaping what you sow)

Geese in spring breeze (good times)

Ten thousand springs (long prosperity)

Spring comes but doesn't feel like spring (troubled heart)

All flowers in full bloom

Summer stove, winter fan (useless things)

The heat of three dog days (midsummer heat)

Telling a summer insect about ice (limited perspective)

Green shade and fragrant grass

Blue mountains and green waters (beautiful nature)

Sky high and horses fat (beautiful autumn)

Falling leaves in autumn wind (decline)

Lamplight worth approaching (reading season)

Knowing autumn from one leaf (seeing the whole from a part)

Clear mirror and still water (pure mind)

Pine and cypress in snow (unwavering integrity)

Three days cold, four days warm (winter pattern)

Frost on top of snow (troubles piling up)

Clear as ice, pure as jade

The integrity of pine and cypress

High mountains and flowing water (soulmate friendship)

Battles on mountains and in water (hardships)

Like Mount Tai and the North Star (respected figure)

Delicacies from mountains and seas

A fool moving mountains (persistent effort)

Water drops pierce stone (small efforts, big results)

The highest good is like water (virtue of humility)

Flowing clouds and water (natural and smooth)

Clear mirror and still water (pure mind)

Fighting with one's back to the water (desperate resolve)