添油加醋tiān yóu jiā cùadd colour and emphasis to (a narration); add highly coloured details to (a story); falsify sth by colouring it up; give a false colouring to (sth) (with details); paint up (/embellish) deliberately
❍ 他愉快地给我讲着这些日子的遭遇，本纹在一边～。(陶承《我的一家》61) He told me cheerfully what had happened recently. Benwen interrupted him every now and then to add colour and emphasis to his stories.
❍ 他们这个好笑的话柄，一人传十，十人传百，又经过了多嘴多舌的人～，竟把菊咬金涂成一个花鼻子了。(周立波《山乡巨变》) 181) The joke at their expense travelled from mouth to mouth and soon reached everyone’s ears; it was embellished and made more savoury in the telling until Gold Biter Ju became a notorious villain. 添油加醋tiān yóu jiā cù比喻有意添加一些夸大事实或挑拨性的内容。add in flammatory details to a story, give a false colouring to, add colour and emphasis to |