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天花乱坠tiān huā luàn zhuìas if it were raining flowers—give an extravagantly colourful description of; boast sth in extravagant (/superlative) terms;elaborate in high-flown phraseology; talk about sth in superlative (high-sounding) terms; make a wild boast about; bombastic; (/laud/praise) to the skies
❍ 三年来，这样的所谓发明创造，我看得多了，讲起来～，画在纸上很好看，做出来呢，就完蛋，这样的事，不止三五次了。(夏衍《考验》63) All these three years I’ve seen lots and lots of these inventions and“creative efforts”. They are delightful to the ear and beautiful to the eye,but as soon as you try them out,they’re a flop.
❍ 尽管郑孝胥吹得～，而且有我的支持和信赖，他的命运不是和李经迈的亲戚一样，也只干了三个月。(爱新觉罗·溥仪《我的前半生》159) For all his eloquence and all the support and trust I gave him Zheng Xiaoxu only lasted three months.
❍ 他心目中的工程师，就是讲起来，～，做起来，一样不行。(艾芜《百炼成钢》134)The latter,according to him,were those who talked flippantly and worked sluggishly.
❍ 他们没有空闲把自己～地向人家宣传，他们缺少了宣传的工具——文字，这是真的； ……叶圣陶《倪焕之》327) It’s true that they haven’t been wasting their time preaching their ideas at people in a flood of grandiose phraseology,because they lack the propagandist’s tool—the written lan guage; …/他今天打定了主意，不怕你夏世富怎么说得～，那个地方也不去； 避免自己再陷下去。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—199) He had made up his mind today that whatever enchanting vistas Xia Shifu might offer him he would not go anywhere in case he should fall for temptation again
❍ 说得～，不由的尤老娘不肯。(《红楼梦》841) He painted such a glowing picture that naturally old Mrs You agreed.
❍ 冯贵堂说： “不行，你说个～，他们也不肯信。” (梁斌《红旗谱》398) “It’s no use. You can talk your head off and they won’t listen.”/～，地涌金莲。(《西游记》15) With words so florid and eloquent,|That gold lotus sprang up from the ground. 天花乱坠like flowers cascading from the sky—make an extravagantly colorful description;give an exaggerated account of sth 天花乱坠tiān huā luàn zhuì佛教传说。佛祖讲经感动了天帝，天上的各种香花纷纷落下。比喻说话虽然非常动听，但不切实际。give an extravagantly colourful description, talk in most glewing tern, talk sb.’s head off |