술고래 (sulgorae)
SOOL-go-rehnounInformal
A Korean slang term. Browse all Korean slang.
What it means
Someone who can drink enormous amounts — a fish, in the English idiom, though Korean scales it up to a whale.
Literally: Drink whale.
Examples with translations
저 사람 완전 술고래야.
He drinks like a fish.
술고래랑 마시면 다음 날이 힘들어.
Drinking with him always ruins the next day.
Other forms
- Romanised as:
- sulgorae