玉たま虫むし色いろ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

iridescent color; jewel beetle color

Refers to the shifting, metallic green-purple sheen of a jewel beetle's wing covers. Used literally for colors that change depending on the angle of light.

• 彼かの女じょのドレスは玉たま虫むし色いろに輝かがやいていた。

  Her dress shone with an iridescent color.

• 玉たま虫むし色いろの羽は根ねを持もつ昆こん虫ちゅうを見みつけた。

  I found an insect with iridescent wings.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

equivocal; ambiguous; vague

Figurative use, often describing a reply, statement, or attitude that can be interpreted in multiple ways, like the shifting colors of a jewel beetle. Common in political or diplomatic contexts.

• 首しゅ相しょうの答とう弁べんは玉たま虫むし色いろで、真しん意いがつかめなかった。

  The prime minister's reply was equivocal, and I couldn't grasp his true intention.

• その合ごう意いは玉たま虫むし色いろの表ひょう現げんでごまかされている。

  The agreement is obscured by ambiguous wording.