両りょう手てに花はな

expression

two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'flowers in both hands'. Often used to describe a man accompanied by two attractive women, or more broadly, having two good things at the same time.

• 彼かれはパーティーで美び人じん二人ふたりに挟はさまれて、まさに両りょう手てに花はなだった。

  At the party he was flanked by two beautiful women—truly a case of having flowers in both hands.

• 昇しょう進しんと結けっ婚こんが同どう時じに決きまって、両りょう手てに花はなの一いち年ねんになった。

  With a promotion and marriage decided at the same time, it became a year of double blessings.