炒いり豆まめに花はなが咲さく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

come back to life; spring back into life

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'flowers bloom on a fried bean'. Used when something seemingly dead or hopeless revives, or when an old person regains vitality. Often used in a positive, surprising context.

• 長ながい間あいだ病びょう気きだった祖そ父ふが、最さい近きん炒いり豆まめに花はなが咲さいたように元げん気きになった。

  My grandfather, who had been ill for a long time, has recently come back to life as if flowers bloomed on a fried bean.

• あの老舗しにせの店みせが、新あたらしい商しょう品ひんで炒いり豆まめに花はなが咲さいたように売うり上あげを伸のばした。

  That long-established store boosted its sales as if flowers bloomed on a fried bean with its new product.