paint the lily

Verb paint the lily has 2 senses

• paint the lily(v = verb.creation) gild the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful); Array
is one way to adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• paint the lily(v = verb.change) gild the lily - make unnecessary additions to what is already complete; Array
is one way to add
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s