Wiktionary
gild the lily
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. 2 To add superfluous attributes to something.
WordNet
gild the lily
v. adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) [syn: paint the lily]
make unnecessary additions to what is already complete [syn: paint the lily]
Usage examples of "gild the lily".
There is no way to gild the lily on this, so guess I won't even try.
Now you can go crazy if you want, or get Jesus, or get drunk but you saw what you saw and leave us not gild the lily, all right?