| 词汇 | gild the lily |
| 释义 | gild the lilygild the lily IMPROVEto spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already good enough 画蛇添足，弄巧成拙 Examples from the Corpus gild the lily• To dress up humour would be the ultimate in gilding the lily.• Instead of gilding the lily the photographs added atmosphere - a sense of history. → gild the lily at gild(1) |
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