Como Pronunciar "gild the lily"
expression
GILD-thuh-LIL-ee
gild-thuh-LIL-ee
Definição
To unnecessarily add decorations or improvements to something that is already beautiful or perfect, making it worse or excessive instead of better.
Transcrição IPA
Inglês Americano
ˈɡɪɫd/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈɫɪɫi
Inglês Britânico
ɡˈɪld/ /ðə, ði/ /lˈɪli
Pronúncia Simplificada
EUA
GILD-thuh-LIL-ee
UK
gild-thuh-LIL-ee
Ouça em 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.