GILD THE LILY

Meaning of GILD THE LILY in English

to spoil sth that is already good or beautiful by trying to improve it

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

GILD THE LILY — phrasal to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GILD THE LILY — phrasal : to add excessive or unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right : paint the lily
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GILD THE LILY — v. needlessly adorn something that is already very beautiful
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GILD THE LILY — : to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GILD THE LILY — to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GILD THE LILY — try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent. → gild
Concise Oxford English vocab
GILD THE LILY — = paint the lily
Slang English vocab
GILD THE LILY — decorate a beautiful object, improve a work of art Decorating that Scotch pine would be gilding the lily.
English Idioms vocab
GILD THE LILY — decorate a beautiful object, improve a work of art Decorating that Scotch pine would be gilding the lily.
English Idioms vocabulary
GILD THE LILY — also
American Idioms English vocabulary
GILD THE LILY — улучшать и без того достаточно хорошее, заниматься ненужным делом, попусту терять время
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GILD THE LILY — улучшать и без того достаточно хорошее, заниматься ненужным делом, попусту терять время
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GILD — aurar (-atura)
English interlingue dictionary
GILD — I. transitive verb (~ed or gilt; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gyldan; akin to Old English gold gold …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LILY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) African lily lily of the Nile Lily Claudette Chauchoin lily family lily of the …
Английский словарь Британика
LILY — I. ˈlilē, -li noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English lilie, from Old English, from Latin lilium, of non-Indo-European origin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GILD — I. ˈgild transitive verb ( gilded -də̇d ; or gilt -lt ; gilded or gilt ; gilding ; gilds ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LILY — (n.) That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with …
Английский словарь Webster
LILY — (n.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a …
Английский словарь Webster
GILD — (v. t.) To make red with drinking.
Английский словарь Webster
GILD — (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
Английский словарь Webster
LILY — ( n. ) That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LILY — ( n. ) A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GILD — ( v. t. ) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LILY — — lilylike , adj. /lil"ee/ , n. , pl. lilies , adj. n. 1. any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GILD — gild 1 — gildable , adj. /gild/ , v.t., gilded or gilt, gilding . 1. to coat with gold, gold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LILY — n. any of a number of bulbed plants of the lily family which often bear funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LILY — I. ˈli-lē noun ( plural lil·ies ) Etymology: Middle English lilie, from Old English, from Latin lilium Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GILD — I. ˈgild transitive verb ( gild·ed ˈgil-dəd ; or gilt ˈgilt ; gild·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LILY — add. ·noun a royal spade; usually in ·pl ·see royal spade, below. 2. lily ·noun that end of a …
Webster English vocab
GILD — vt to make red with drinking. 2. gild ·vt to make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. 3. gild ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
LILY — [lily] n, pl lil.ies [ME lilie, fr. OE, fr. L lilium] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a genus (Lilium of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GILD — [gild] vt gild.ed or gilt ; gild.ing [ME, fr. OE gyldan; akin to OE gold gold] (14c) 1: to overlay …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LILY — the common name applied to herbaceous flowering plants belonging to the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae. The genus contains …
Britannica English vocabulary
LILY — lil|y, Lil|y BrE AmE ˈlɪl |i ▷ lil|ies, \~y's iz ▶ ˌ lily of the ˈ valley BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GILD — gild BrE AmE ɡɪld (= guild) ▷ gilded ˈɡɪld ɪd -əd ▷ gilding ˈɡɪld ɪŋ ▷ gilds ɡɪldz ▷ gilt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LILY — / ˈlɪli; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) a large white or brightly coloured flower with petals that curl …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GILD — / gɪld; NAmE / verb [ vn ] 1. ( literary ) to make sth look bright, as if covered …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LILY — lil ‧ y /ˈlɪli/ BrE AmE noun ( plural lilies ) [countable] [ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GILD — gild /ɡɪld/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gyldan ] 1 . to cover something with …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LILY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a any bulbous plant of the genus Lilium with large trumpet-shaped often spotted flowers on a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GILD — v.tr. (past part. gilded or as adj. in sense 1 gilt) 1 cover thinly with gold. 2 tinge with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LILY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a any bulbous plant of the genus Lilium with large trumpet-shaped often spotted flowers on a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GILD — v.tr. (past part. gilded or as adj. in sense 1 gilt) 1 cover thinly with gold. 2 tinge with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LILY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a any bulbous plant of the genus Lilium with large trumpet-shaped often spotted flowers on a …
Oxford English vocab
GILD — 1. v.tr. (past part. gilded or as adj. in sense 1 gilt) 1. cover thinly with gold. 2 tinge with …
Oxford English vocab
LILY — ( lilies) A lily is a plant with large flowers. Lily flowers are often white. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GILD — ( gilds, gilding, gilded) If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LILY — (lilies) A ~ is a plant with large flowers. Lily flowers are often white. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LILY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lily pond (= one with water lilies ) Allen, Lily lily of the valley …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LILY — [noun] [C] - any of various plants with a large, bell-shaped flower on a long stemSee picture: Flowers and plants(literary) …
Cambridge English vocab
GILD — [verb] [T] - to cover (a surface) with a thin layer of gold or a substance that looks like goldThe …
Cambridge English vocab
LILY — n. day lily African lily lily of the Nile Lily Claudette Chauchoin lily family lily of the valley Lily William …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GILD — Synonyms and related words : adorn, apply paint, aurify, bedaub, belie, besmear, brighten, brush on paint, butter, calcimine, camouflage, coat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LILY — See: GILD THE LILY also PAINT THE LILY.
Slang English vocab
GILD — v. 25B6; verb a gilded weathercock : COVER WITH GOLD, paint gold. he tends to gild the truth : ELABORATE, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LILY — (LIsp LibrarY) A C++ class library by Roger Sheldon sheldon@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov which gives C++ programmers the capability to write Lisp -style …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
LILY — See: GILD THE LILY also PAINT THE LILY.
Словарь английских идиом
LILY — (Heb. shushan, shoshannah). Although there is little doubt that the Hebrew word denotes some plant of the lily species, it …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
GILD — I гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - gilded, gilt 1) золотить to gild the pill ≈ позолотить пилюлю …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LILY — lily.ogg ʹlılı n 1. 1> бот. лилия ( Lilium gen. ) Madonna lily - белая лилия ( Lilium candidum ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GILD — gild.ogg _I gıld v (gilt, gilded -gıldıd ) 1. золотить, покрывать позолотой или золотой краской the sun gilded the hilltops …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GILD — I gild гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - gilded, gilt1) золотить to gild the pill — подсластить пилюлю …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GILD — I [gıld] v (gilt, ~ed [-{gıld}ıd] ) 1. золотить, покрывать позолотой или золотой краской the sun ~ed the hilltops - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова

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