paint the lily

To add embellishment to something that is already beautiful or outstanding. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's King John: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." My wife is so gorgeous that putting her in a fancy gown would just be painting the lily. Why add a filter to your photo of the rainbow? No need to paint the lily.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Luksa	LOOK-sah	Esperanto
Pridoni	-	Georgian
Judita	-	Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak
Dian	DEE-ahn	Indonesian
Hyacinth	['haiəsinθ]
Clarissa	[klə'risə]