花はなも恥はじらう

expression, noun-modifying (irregular)

so beautiful that even flowers blush

Idiomatic expression used to praise a young girl's beauty, suggesting she outshines a flower. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは花はなも恥はじらう美うつくしさだ。

  She is so beautiful that even flowers would blush.

• 花はなも恥はじらう乙女おとめの姿すがたに、誰だれもが見みとれた。

  Everyone was captivated by the maiden's beauty, which outbloomed even the flowers.