gild the lily

Etymology
A common misquotation of a line from William Shakespeare's play King John.

Verb

 * 1)  To embellish or improve something unnecessarily.
 * 2) To add superfluous attributes to something.
 * 1) To add superfluous attributes to something.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: overbrodere
 * Finnish: kruusata
 * German: unnötig ausschmücken, des Guten zu viel tun
 * Italian: infronzolare, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish: przedobrzać,
 * Ukrainian: переборщи́ти, переприкра́сити


 * Danish: overbrodere
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian: infronzolare
 * Spanish: rizar el rizo