gild the lily

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 25, 2006

gild the lily

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