When the controversy was settled Miss Alice slipped off to gild the lily.

He isn't great enough for that, though; in the way of perfection you successfully gild the lily.

Why, as it were, gild the lily?

Instead, Level-5 chose to gild the lily.

To gild the lily, roll the finished bites in shredded unsweetened coconut, finely ground nuts, or cocoa.

To gild the lily, stir in some dried cranberries or fresh blueberries or blackberries before adding the fish.

If you want to gild the lily, top the whole thing with a layer of fresh raspberries or cut-up strawberries.

With barely contained glee, he said, I've heard the expression 'to gild the lily' before, but the spirits actually did it!

When everything is at its best and there is so much to choose from, it's difficult not to gild the lily.

I had gilded the lily and added butter-glazed chestnuts for seasonal cheer.

Barton had gilded the lily to make his material more saleable to the rabidly anti-Labour newspaper.

I'm afraid they gilded the lily a little.

Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore may have gilded the lily more than a bit.

They gilded the lily! And he fell to laughing, letting his voice boom across the empty plain.

And immediately, when in reality there was no need, had begun the well-known process of gilding the lily.

She stepped away and circled to face Luce, whispering, "The rest is just gilding the lily."