对答如流duì dá rú liú

answer fluently; answer the questions without any hitch (/hesitation);answer (/reply/respond) glibly (/swiftly); give glib (/ready/fluent) replies (/answers); quick in answers; ready and fluent repartee
❍ 操每以军国之事问植，植～。(《三国演义》627) Cao Cao was always asking this son his opinion on military matters,and Zhi always had a fluent reply ready.
❍ 此时秦宓语言清朗，答问如流，满座皆惊。(《三国演义》737)All this time,Qin Fu’s repartees had flashed back clear and perfect;they came so naturally as to astonish all the guests.
❍ 众人见孔明～，尽皆失色。(《三国演义》377) The other officers now began to hold this man of torrential speech in wholesome fear.

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