"gild the lily" 怎么发音
expression
GILD-thuh-LIL-ee
gild-thuh-LIL-ee
释义
To unnecessarily add decorations or improvements to something that is already beautiful or perfect, making it worse or excessive instead of better.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈɡɪɫd/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈɫɪɫi
英式英语
ɡˈɪld/ /ðə, ði/ /lˈɪli
简化发音
美式
GILD-thuh-LIL-ee
英式
gild-thuh-LIL-ee
语境中听
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.