英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 文學名著類2-29 gild the lily

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【字面理解】替百合花鍍金

【英文解析】to try to improve something which is already perfect, and so spoil it

【中文解析】畫蛇添足;多此一舉

【典型例句】① Comment on this would be to gild the lily. 對此發(fā)表評論無異于畫蛇添足。

② She is already very beautiful and to use a lot of make-up is to gild the lily.她長得很美，畫濃妝是多此一舉。

【注釋】該習語出自莎士比亞的歷史劇《約翰王》—(King John)第四幕第二場：To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow... is wasteful and ridiculous excess. King John 4: 2 (給金子鍛上金箔，給 百合涂上顏色，給紫羅蘭灑香水，把冰磨光滑，給彩虹添顏色……是多此一舉、荒謬至.極。)后來to gild refined gold, to paint the lily 就演變成 gild the lily 或 paint the lily,用以形容多此一舉或畫蛇添足。