盆ぼんと正しょう月がつが一いっ緒しょに来きたよう

expression, na-adjective

as if two great things happened at once; as if Christmas and one's birthday came together

Idiomatic expression describing a situation where two very happy or fortunate events occur simultaneously, like the two busiest or most joyful times of the year coinciding. Often used with 忙しい or 嬉しい. The literal image is the Bon Festival and New Year arriving together.

• 今日きょうは給きゅう料りょう日びで、しかも彼かの女じょの誕たん生じょう日び。盆ぼんと正しょう月がつが一いっ緒しょに来きたようだ。

  Today is payday and also my girlfriend's birthday. It's as if Christmas and my birthday came at once.

• 新しん製せい品ひんの発はつ売ばいと決けっ算さんが重かさなって、盆ぼんと正しょう月がつが一いっ緒しょに来きたような忙いそがしさだ。

  With the new product launch and the financial closing overlapping, it's as busy as if the two busiest days of the year came together.