言こと葉ばの海うみ

expression, noun

sea of words; vast vocabulary

Idiomatic expression likening a large collection or expanse of words to a sea. Often used metaphorically for dictionaries, literature, or someone's extensive vocabulary.

• この辞じ書しょはまさに言こと葉ばの海うみだ。

  This dictionary is truly a sea of words.

• 彼かれの頭あたまの中なかは言こと葉ばの海うみのように広ひろがっている。

  Inside his head, a sea of words stretches out.