OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 29820

gild the lily

/ˈɡɪld ðə ˈlɪli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
rizar el rizo
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 ro…
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