으면 있다

make do with what there is

Two set frames account for most of these lines. Three of them are 있으면 있는 대로, 없으면 없는 대로 — use it if it is there, do without if it is not — a shrug about making do. Two others use the doubled -으면 -을수록 shape, meaning the longer something stays, the more the effect builds. The remaining lines are the plain conditional: if you go looking, it turns out to be there.

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