말이 아니다

Korean

Etymology

말 (mal, “speech; language”) + 이 (-i, “nominative case marker”) + 아니다 (anida, “to not be”). Literally "to not be [in any] language".

Alternative forms
  • 말도 아니야 (maldo aniya)

Idiom

말이 아니다 • (mari anida)

  1. (of a statement) to be unreasonable; to be ridiculous
    왜 말이 아닌 질문을 하니?
    Wae mari anin jilmuneul hani?
    Why are you asking this unreasonable question?
    (literally, “Why are you asking this question which is not [in any] language?”)
  2. (by extension, of a situation or appearance) to be very difficult, to be atrocious
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