Gilding the Lilly

To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful. The expression is a condensation of Shakespeare's metaphor in King John: "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." i.e., you wouldn't need to add gold to a beautiful lily.

Jennilyn is so beauitful that putting on makeup is just Gilding the Lilly.

by _Andy_ June 24, 2006

gild the lilly

Lick the vagina

It's already wet, but if you wanna you can gild the Lilly

by Fredrickthestick March 13, 2014

Gild the Lilly

To gild something is to cover it with gold. A nice vagina looks like a flower. So when a woman wants to go take a piss she'll call it "Gild the Lilly" when in mixed company.

Hey Dan, while a girl will Gild the Lilly I will ( see a man about a dog).

by St. Peter Dickinson February 26, 2017