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
Lorenzo	[lɔ'renzəu]
Uzoma	-	Western African, Igbo
Bailee	BAY-lee	English (Modern)
Clarice	['klæris]
Meadhbh	MAYV	Irish, Irish Mythology
Walter	['wɔ:ltə]