gild refined gold

常见例句

The actual quote is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily".
实际上原文是：为纯金镀金，为百合花添彩。
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…
给金子镀上金箔，给百合涂上颜色，给紫罗兰洒香水，把冰磨光滑，给彩虹添颜色，是多此一举的。
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.
给金子镀上金箔，给百合涂上颜色，给紫罗兰洒香水，把冰磨光滑，给彩虹添颜色，是多此一举的。