英语词组gild the lily是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	gild the lily
释义	●gild the ˈlilytry to improve sth which is already perfect, and so spoil it 做多余的修饰（反而破坏原已完美的东西）；画蛇添足◆The dress is perfect. Don’t add anything to it at all. It would just be gilding the lily. 这条裙子已经很完美了，别再作任何修饰了，那只会画蛇添足。 ORIGIN This comes from Shakespeare’s play King John. Gild means ‘to cover something with a thin layer of gold’. A lily is a very beautiful flower. 这个习语源于莎士比亚戏剧《约翰王》。gild 意为“给…镀金”。lily （百合花）是一种非常漂亮的花。
随便看	(as) plain as the nose on your face as plain as the nose on your face (as) pleased as Punch as pleased as Punch a split second (as) poor as a church mouse as poor as a church mouse a sporting chance a sprat to catch a mackerel (as) pretty as a picture as pretty as a picture (as) pure as the driven snow as pure as the driven snow a square meal (as) quick as a flash as quick as a flash as quickly much soon etc. as possible (as) quiet as a mouse as quiet as a mouse as rare as hen’s teeth (as) rare/scarce as hen’s teeth (as) red as a beet as red as a beet (as) red as a beetroot as red as a beetroot

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