Cómo Pronunciar "gild the lily"
expression
GILD-thuh-LIL-ee
gild-thuh-LIL-ee
Definición
To unnecessarily add decorations or improvements to something that is already beautiful or perfect, making it worse or excessive instead of better.
Transcripción IPA
Inglés Americano
ˈɡɪɫd/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈɫɪɫi
Inglés Británico
ɡˈɪld/ /ðə, ði/ /lˈɪli
Pronunciación Simplificada
EE.UU.
GILD-thuh-LIL-ee
UK
gild-thuh-LIL-ee
Escucha en Contexto
Don't gild the lily—the cake looks perfect already.
Adding more colors to the design would gild the lily.
She tried to gild the lily by putting extra bows on the gift.
If you keep editing your essay, you'll just gild the lily and risk ruining it.