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Meanings of gild the lily in English

Spanish
embellecer lo perfecto

Make unnecessary additions to what is already complete.

embellecer lo perfecto
Synonyms
Examples for "paint the lily"
Examples for "paint the lily"
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Who ever managed to paint the lily with complimentary words or gild refined gold with fancy phrases?
The Native Son
2
One knows that, and so the imagination is awake, ready to paint the lily and to gild the beaten gold.
The Spell of Egypt
3
I don't know why their interest should have prompted me to go on and paint the lily a little, but I certainly did so.
An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; An Idyl of Saratoga
4
To try to give the reader an idea of how thirsty they were, would be to "gild refined gold or paint the lily."
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
5
A man camping at this board is painting the lily and gilding fine gold.
Skylark Three
Usage of gild the lily in English
1
When the controversy was settled Miss Alice slipped off to gild the lily.
Gordon Keith
2
He isn't great enough for that, though; in the way of perfection you successfully gild the lily.
Linda Condon
3
Why, as it were, gild the lily?
Dayworld
4
Instead, Level-5 chose to gild the lily.
Wired
5
To gild the lily, roll the finished bites in shredded unsweetened coconut, finely ground nuts, or cocoa.
Food matters: a guide to conscious eating with more than 75 reci...
6
To gild the lily, stir in some dried cranberries or fresh blueberries or blackberries before adding the fish.
The food matters cookbook: 500 revolutionary recipes for better ...
7
If you want to gild the lily, top the whole thing with a layer of fresh raspberries or cut-up strawberries.
The food matters cookbook: 500 revolutionary recipes for better ...
8
With barely contained glee, he said, I've heard the expression 'to gild the lily' before, but the spirits actually did it!
Brisingr
9
When everything is at its best and there is so much to choose from, it's difficult not to gild the lily.
The Irish Times
10
I had gilded the lily and added butter-glazed chestnuts for seasonal cheer.
The Irish Times
11
Barton had gilded the lily to make his material more saleable to the rabidly anti-Labour newspaper.
The Guardian
12
I'm afraid they gilded the lily a little.
Wife for hire
13
Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore may have gilded the lily more than a bit.
The Irish Times
14
They gilded the lily! And he fell to laughing, letting his voice boom across the empty plain.
Brisingr
15
And immediately, when in reality there was no need, had begun the well-known process of gilding the lily.
Winner Take All
16
She stepped away and circled to face Luce, whispering, "The rest is just gilding the lily."
Torment
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