求之不得
kau4 zi1 bat1 dak1qiú zhī bù dé
English
- lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
- to have all that one could wish for; to be most welcome
粵語 — Cantonese
- 對一件事結果非常之滿意,甚至係意料之外;通常指兩方面人之間交涉嘅結果
Examples
你肯加入我哋公司,真係求之不得。
If you could join our company, that will be exactly what we could wish for.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk