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삽질하다 [sab-jil-ha-da] do something pointless

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Sarge got you digging' again. What did you do this time? 삽질하다 [sab-jil-ha-da] do something pointless  

Sarge got you digging’ again? 삽질하다…Such fun! What did you do this time?
It is common practice to spend time digging ditches or doing other particularly useless things when serving ones 2-year and 2-month term in the Korean military when there is nothing pressing to do. Such fun!
삽질하다 [sab-jil-ha-da] to do something pointless (digging ditches for the man)

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