things going exactly as one wishes; someone being very attentive to one's wishes
A yojijukugo describing a situation where everything unfolds just as one desires, or where someone is extremely accommodating. Rare and literary; not used in everyday conversation.
He felt as if everything was going exactly as he wished, like the idiom 麻姑掻痒.
The yojijukugo 麻姑掻痒 expresses a state where things happen just as one pleases.
A common phrase meaning 'as one wishes'; 麻姑掻痒 is a rare, literary yojijukugo with a similar meaning but much more formal and idiomatic.
Also means 'as one wishes', but is more neutral and can be used in modern contexts, unlike the archaic 麻姑掻痒.
Derived from a Chinese legend about the immortal Mako (麻姑) whose fingernails could scratch an itch perfectly. The phrase metaphorically means things going exactly as desired. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the yojijukugo is conventionally associated with this story.