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When I've finished painting the box, I'm going to gild the carving with gold leaf.
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What is Meaning of gild is off the lily?
This is interesting. "To gild the lily" means to gold-plate a lily, which is to put something beautiful on something that is already beautiful--so it's a waste, an excess. The original was actually "to paint the lily," and is from Shakespeare. Then we have "the bloom is off the rose"--this means that something has lost its freshness, or original allure. It is sometimes said "the blush is off the rose." So my best guess is that "the gild is off the lily" is a bastardization of "to gild the lily" and "the bloom is off the rose."
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What is Meaning of gild is off the lily?
This is interesting. "To gild the lily" means to gold-plate a lily, which is to put something beautiful on something that is already beautiful--so it's a waste, an excess. The original was actually "to paint the lily," and is from Shakespeare. Then we have "the bloom is off the rose"--this means that something has lost its freshness, or original allure. It is sometimes said "the blush is off the rose." So my best guess is that "the gild is off the lily" is a bastardization of "to gild the lily" and "the bloom is off the rose."
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Depend on the weight of gold is used for gilding
