立たて板いたに水みず

expression, noun

eloquence; volubility; fluent speech

Describes someone who speaks smoothly and rapidly without hesitation, like water flowing down a standing board. Often used in the phrase 立て板に水を流すよう.

Antonyms: 横板に雨垂れ

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは立たて板いたに水みずだった。

  His explanation was as fluent as water running down a standing board.

• 彼かの女じょは立たて板いたに水みずのように話はなし続つづけた。

  She kept talking like water flowing down a standing board.