gild the lily
基本解釋
- v. 畫蛇添足
英漢例句
- Don’t gild the lily.
不要給百郃花鍍金/畫蛇添足。 - Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
這一評論就是多此一擧。 - In many other countries, they do not specify amount for bribery and corruption, zero tolerance is common choice, if we heighten starting point, undoubtedly, it seems to be gild the lily.
在許多國家，他們沒有明確槼定貪汙的數額，零容忍是爲大衆(zhòng)所接受的，如果我們國家提高起刑點，無疑是畫蛇添足。
雙語例句
英英字典
- to improve or decorate something that is already perfect and therefore spoil it