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Korean expression

감도 안 온다

Said by SAN (ATEEZ)

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What does 감도 안 온다 mean?

감도 안 온다 means "It cannot be guessed at all." in Korean.

How it works here

‘감’ means a rough sense or guess, and ‘안 온다’ means that even that does not come. Together, the expression means that the situation cannot be gauged at all.

Dictionary form

감도 안 오다

To have absolutely no idea or sense of something

This is a colloquial expression, commonly used as the fixed phrase ‘감도 안 오다’. The difficult-to-guess content follows words such as ‘얼마나, 왜, 어떻게’. It is much stronger than ‘감이 안 오다’.

When it's used

Used when the speaker cannot even roughly guess a relationship, degree, scale, or reason.

The line

둘이 얼마나 친한지 감도 안 온다

I can’t even begin to grasp how close the two of them are.

The speaker cannot guess at all how close the two people are.

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More examples

  1. 새로 맡은 일이 얼마나 복잡한지 감도 안 온다.

    I can’t even imagine how complicated the new assignment is.

  2. 그 프로젝트가 왜 갑자기 중단됐는지 감도 안 와.

    I can’t even guess why the project was suddenly stopped.

Quick check

When would you use this expression?

감도 안 온다

둘이 얼마나 친한지 감도 안 온다

I can’t even begin to grasp how close the two of them are.

  • Saying that you cannot guess at all how close the two people are.
  • Precisely saying that the two are far apart.
  • Saying that you know how old they are.
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Saying that you cannot guess at all how close the two people are.

to have absolutely no idea or sense of something. This is a colloquial expression, commonly used as the fixed phrase ‘감도 안 오다’. The difficult-to-guess content follows words such as ‘얼마나, 왜, 어떻게’. It is much stronger than ‘감이 안 오다’.

Other words in this line

둘
Two people
얼마나
How much; to what extent
친하다
To be close and informal
감
Sense; feeling
안
Not
오다
To come

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