中國(guó)成語(yǔ)故事中英對(duì)照 天花亂墜

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties(420-589), in the reign of king Wu of Liang, there was a monk called Master Yun Guang who was a very accomplished(有技巧的) preacher. Once he explained the sutra(佛經(jīng)，箴言) so proformdly and subtly that the God of Flowers was moved and sent divine(神圣的) flowers down to earth. Soon the land was covered with flowers.

南朝梁國(guó)的開(kāi)國(guó)皇帝梁武帝蕭衍特別篤信佛教，他請(qǐng)?jiān)乒夥◣熜v佛法，在講《涅槃經(jīng)》時(shí)，梁武帝從早到晚認(rèn)真聽(tīng)講，沒(méi)有絲毫倦意。云光法師說(shuō)得繪聲繪色，竟感動(dòng)了上天，香花從空中紛紛落下。梁武帝從此更加信佛，后來(lái)干脆出家。

This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way(mostly in an exaggerated and impartical manner).

傳說(shuō)梁武帝時(shí)有個(gè)和尚講經(jīng)，感動(dòng)了上天，天上紛紛落下花來(lái)。形容說(shuō)話有聲有色，極其動(dòng)聽(tīng)(多指夸張而不符合實(shí)際)。