trying the adorn something that is already beautiful.
The table is already clean and decorated for the dinner, don't gild the lily.
by ahmet April 8, 2006
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Also, as an alternate meaning, another phrase for female masturbation; the manual stimulation of the clitoris performed on oneself.
After I found out that my boyfriend couldn't make a bootycall last night, I had to gild the lily to get to sleep.
by kimpoopy April 28, 2008
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Gilding the lily meaning...
To disguise, to adorn, to camouflage, to take the piss, to deceive, to make something look bigger than what it really is, exaggeration, to embellish, telling lies, telling tales. The list goes on.
Upon viewing the yacht and comparing tge description disclosed it could only be associated with gilding the lily.
by Baldipata September 30, 2018
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