gild the lily

更新日期：2026-08-14

词语	gild the lily
释义	gild the lily to spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already good enough画蛇添足，弄巧成拙 gild the lily try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent 锦上添花。 [ORIGIN: misquotation, from 'To gild refined gold, to paint the lily; to throw perfume on the violet, ... is wasteful, and ridiculous excess'（Shakespeare's King John vi ii. 11.）.] gild the ˈlilyto spoil sth that is already good or beautiful by trying to improve it画蛇添足；多此一举
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