Korean expression
일어나는 것도 대단하다
What does 일어나는 것도 대단하다 mean?
일어나는 것도 대단하다 means "even getting up is impressive" in Korean.
How it works here
일어나는 것도 makes the action of getting up the subject of the evaluation.
Key expression
V-는 것도 A다
To evaluate an action or state as having a certain quality too
V-는 것도 A다 treats an action as an object of evaluation and says that it too has a certain quality.
When it's used
Used to evaluate an action itself as surprisingly difficult, admirable, or worth recognizing.
The line
일어나는 것도 대단하다
Even getting up is impressive.
The speaker praises someone’s ordinary habit or action as impressive in itself.
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More examples
매일 새벽에 일어나는 것도 쉽지 않다.
Getting up at dawn every day isn’t easy either.
이 복잡한 문제를 끝까지 참고 푸는 것도 실력이다.
Having the skill to keep solving this complicated problem to the end is impressive too.
Quick check
When would you use this expression?
일어나는 것도 대단하다
일어나는 것도 대단하다
Even getting up is impressive.
- Asking exactly when someone gets up.
- Evaluating the habit of getting up in the morning as impressive too.
- Saying that someone looks pretty while sleeping.
Show the answer
Evaluating the habit of getting up in the morning as impressive too.
to evaluate an action or state as having a certain quality too. V-는 것도 A다 treats an action as an object of evaluation and says that it too has a certain quality.
Other words in this line
- 일어나다
- To get up; to rise
- 대단하다
- To be impressive or remarkable
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