걱정도 팔자 -- Worry can even be your lot in life. Some people are more prone to worry than others, to the exasperation of those around them. This expression is used in announced to scold such a person. (제게는 아무 관계없는 남의 걱정까지 할 때 핀잔 주는 말).
[edit] Examples
- 걱정하는것이 니 팔자이다? Is it your fate to worry?
- 걱정도 팔자에 속한다? Are you under the rule of fate?
- 그렇게 쓸데없는 걱정 하는것도 니 팔자다 It's like your destiny to uselessly worry like that.
[edit] English expressions
- Worry wart.
- Care kills (killed) the cat.
- Care is no cure.
- A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
- Curiosity killed the cat.
- Let's cross the bridge when we come to it
[edit] See also
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