gild the lily

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. idiomatic
  2. To add superfluous attributes to something.
    — Poor Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, so maligned for her imaginative pictures of Lovere and Lake Iseo, may surely be forgiven for having gilded the lily, for adding an extra touch of romance where the romantic already so abounded

词形变化

gilds the lily present,singular,third-person gilding the lily participle,present gilded the lily participle,past gilded the lily past

词汇关系

相关词
gold-plated

词源

A common misquotation of a line from William Shakespeare's play King John.
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