"gild the lily" का उच्चारण कैसे करें

expression

GILD-thuh-LIL-ee

gild-thuh-LIL-ee

परिभाषा

To unnecessarily add decorations or improvements to something that is already beautiful or perfect, making it worse or excessive instead of better.

अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी

ˈɡɪɫd/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈɫɪɫi

ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी

ɡˈɪld/ /ðə, ði/ /lˈɪli

GILD-thuh-LIL-ee

gild-thuh-LIL-ee

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.