2006-11-01 01:31:12 · 4 answers · asked by S&S 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
it means that something is beautiful naturally, and you have just added some fake sparkle to it, like a really pretty girl wearing too much make-up.
2006-11-01 01:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gild the lily
Add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement. For example, Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be gilding the lily. This expression is a condensation of Shakespeare's metaphor in King John (4:2): "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." [c. 1800]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006-11-01 09:37:25 · answer #2 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual/correct quote is: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily"
William Shakespeare, King John
It means to use something false to make something appear better - something that is actually better as it is.
2006-11-01 09:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gild the lily.... to try to improve something that is already good or beautiful enough.
2006-11-01 09:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋