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The answer is that it is neither "guilding" the lily or not
the correct phrase and spelling is " gilding the lily "
'to gild' is to coat an object (in this case a lily) with real gold thus
trying to make an already beautiful object (the lily) more beautiful
and totally unnecessary.
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