paint the lily

Related to paint the lily: gild the lily

paint the lily

To add embellishment to something that is already beautiful or outstanding. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's King John: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." My wife is so gorgeous that putting her in a fancy gown would just be painting the lily. Why add a filter to your photo of the rainbow? No need to paint the lily.

词组	paint the lily
释义	paint the lily Related to paint the lily: gild the lily paint the lily To add embellishment to something that is already beautiful or outstanding. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's King John: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." My wife is so gorgeous that putting her in a fancy gown would just be painting the lily. Why add a filter to your photo of the rainbow? No need to paint the lily. See also: lily, paint Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: rose by any other name, a lily gild the lily gild the lily, to gilding Greek to me Greek to me, it's it's all Greek to me (it's) (all) Greek to me be all Greek to someone
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