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gild the lily

To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough.

To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily.

For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily.

Frank's father is a millionaire, but Frank gilds the lily by saying he is a billionaire.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[lily] See: [GILD THE LILY] also [PAINT THE LILY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

[paint the lily] See: [GILD THE LILY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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