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Meanings of paint the lily in English

Spanish
embellecer lo perfecto

Make unnecessary additions to what is already complete.

        embellecer lo perfecto
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        Examples for "gild the lily"
        Examples for "gild the lily"
        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...
        Usage of paint the lily in English
        1
        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
        6
        Surely the common prejudice against painting the lily can but be based on mere ground of economy.
        The Works of Max Beerbohm
        7
        "I am not one of those who paint the lily."
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 / A Maga...
        8
        I can remember when divines were never tired of painting the lily, of indulging in the most glowing descriptions of the Elysian Fields.
        Some Private Views
        9
        We talk of the folly of painting the lily; but if we saw the lily without warning we should think that it was painted.
        What's Wrong with the World
        10
        Praising the strawberry is like " painting the lily;" therefore let us give our attention at once to the essential details of its successful culture.
        The Home Acre
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        Translations for paint the lily