Definition

1. Idiom:
   • Earth-shattering and heaven-shaking: Describes an event, action, or sound of immense, terrifying, and world-shaking magnitude. It implies a force so great it seems to move the earth and startle the heavens, often causing widespread shock and awe.

Usage Examples

• Idiom:
  • Tiếng bom nổ động địa kinh thiên. (The bomb exploded with an earth-shattering, heaven-shaking roar.)
  • Sự kiện đó gây ra một tiếng vang động địa kinh thiên. (That event created an earth-shattering and heaven-shaking repercussion.)

Advanced Usage

• This idiom is typically used in literary, dramatic, or journalistic contexts to emphasize the extreme and overwhelming scale of an incident, such as a war, a revolution, a natural disaster, or a monumental scandal.

Variants and Related Words

• Chấn động địa cầu (idiom): to shake the globe.
• Long trời lở đất (idiom): an idiom with a very similar meaning, describing something that makes the heavens tremble and the earth crack.

Synonyms

• Cataclysmic: causing a violent upheaval.
• World-shaking: of overwhelming importance or effect.
• Thunderous: making a loud, powerful noise.

Related Idioms

• Nổi cồn nổi đống: to cause a big fuss or commotion (less intense and more about social disturbance than physical scale).