gild the lily позолотить лилию to add unnecessary decoration or improvement to something that is already beautiful or complete приукрашивать то, что и так уже хорошо The design is elegant enough — adding more details would just gild the lily. 🟦🟦🟦🟦 This idiom is linked to Shakespeare’s King John, where the idea of “painting the lily” or adding gold to something already perfect is used to show unnecessary excess. 🚀 Олимпиады по английскому | CREDO