加鹽加醋 [－盐－－]

Jyutping gaa1 jim4 gaa1 cou3
Pinyin jiā yán jiā cù

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. exagerrate; juice-up (spoken)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    覆述​一件​事​嘅​時​候​，​加入​一​啲​本身​冇​嘅​內​容​，​誇大​嚟​講​，​令​到​佢​聽​落​更加​吸引​、​更加​有趣
    to exaggerate, when recounting a story, by adding in content non-existent in the original in an attempt to make it more juicy; to embroider a tale; literally 'to add salt and vinegar'
    • 啲八卦雜誌好鍾意加鹽加醋，啲明星落街食餐飯，都可以包裝到好似驚天動地嘅大新聞咁。
      啲八卦杂志好钟意加盐加醋，啲明星落街食餐饭，都可以包装到好似惊天动地嘅大新闻咁。
      di1 baat3 gwaa3 zaap6 zi3 hou2 zung1 ji3 gaa1 jim4 gaa1 cou3, di1 ming4 sing1 lok6 gaai1 sik6 caan1 faan6, dou1 ho2 ji5 baau1 zong1 dou3 hou2 ci5 ging1 tin1 dung6 dei6 ge3 daai6 san1 man2 gam2.
      Gossip magazines love to juice up stories by inventing reality. In their hands, things as ordinary as a celebrity going downstairs for a lunch can be repackaged as stunning headline news.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, Cantonese, figuratively, idiomatic
    to add colour to (a narration); to exaggerate; to embellish
    (syn.) 加油添醬, 生枝生箬, 添湯落火, 添油兒加醋, 添枝加葉, 有枝兒添葉兒, 添湯落汁, 加花添草, 添油加醬, 添油添醋, 添油添鹽, 添枝加箬, 添枝接葉, 添油加醋, 加油加醋, 有枝添葉, 加油添醋, 添跤添手, 加鹽加醋
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    啲八卦杂志好钟意加盐加醋，啲明星落街食餐饭，都可以包装到好似惊天动地嘅大新闻咁。
    啲八卦雜誌好鍾意加鹽加醋，啲明星落街食餐飯，都可以包裝到好似驚天動地嘅大新聞咁。
    di1 baat3 gwaa3 zaap6 zi3 hou2 zung1 ji3 gaa1 jim4 gaa1 cou3, di1 ming4 sing1 lok6 gaai1 sik6 caan1 faan6, dou1 ho2 ji5 baau1 zong1 dou3 hou2 ci5 ging1 tin1 dung6 dei6 ge3 daai6 san1 man2 gam2.
    • Gossip magazines love to juice up stories by inventing reality. In their hands, things as ordinary as a celebrity going downstairs for a lunch can be repackaged as stunning headline news.