壺こ中ちゅうの天てん地ち

noun, expression

another world; enchanted land; joyful escape from reality

Idiomatic expression originating from a Chinese legend about a magical world inside a jar. Used to describe a blissful, self-contained realm away from worldly cares, often associated with the pleasures of drinking.

• 彼かれは酒さけを飲のみながら、壺こ中ちゅうの天てん地ちに浸ひたっているようだった。

  He seemed to be lost in a blissful world of his own as he drank.

• この小ちいさな庭にわは、まさに壺こ中ちゅうの天てん地ちだ。

  This little garden is truly an enchanted world apart.