Search Result for "paint the lily":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful);
[syn: gild the lily, paint the lily]

2. make unnecessary additions to what is already complete;
[syn: gild the lily, paint the lily]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paint the lily
    v 1: adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
         [syn: gild the lily, paint the lily]
    2: make unnecessary additions to what is already complete [syn:
       gild the lily, paint the lily]