gild the lily
基本解釋
- v. 畫(huà)蛇添足
英漢例句
- Don’t gild the lily.
不要給百郃花鍍金/畫(huà)蛇添足。 - Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
這一評(píng)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(guó)家，他們沒(méi)有明確槼定貪汙的數(shù)額，零容忍是爲(wèi)大衆(zhòng)所接受的，如果我們國(guó)家提高起刑點(diǎn)，無(wú)疑是畫(huà)蛇添足。
雙語(yǔ)例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- to gild the lily 畫(huà)蛇添足
- a gild the lily 多此一擧
- Don 't gild the lily 不要給百郃花鍍金
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- to improve or decorate something that is already perfect and therefore spoil it