• 词性及解释
  画蛇添足
• 例句
  For such a beautiful girl to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
  对一个这样漂亮的女孩来说，化妆简直就是画蛇添足。
  Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
  对此发表评论无异于画蛇添足。
  She is already very beautiful and to use alot of make-up is to gild the lily.
  她长得很美，画浓妆是画蛇添足。
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“Gild the lily”字面意思是“给百合花镀金”。这种表达方式来自戏剧大师莎士比亚。他在历史剧《约翰王》中写道：To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow... is wasteful and ridiculous excess.（给金子镀上金箔，给百合涂上颜色，给紫罗兰洒香水，把冰磨光滑，给彩虹添颜色，是多此一举的。）

后来，“paint the lily”就演变成了“gild the lily”。