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This idea usually shows up as a misquote about gilding lilies. It means an utter waste of time and resources on something that does not need doing. The full quotation is from Shakespeare's King John V, vii, 41:
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, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
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