paint the lily

See: GILD THE LILY.

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gild the lily

[gild the lily] also [paint the lily] {v. phr.} To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough. * /To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lily

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

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