0 present participle of gild --
1 to cover a surface with a thin layer of gold or a substance that looks like gold --
Sunlight gilded the children's faces.
It is gilding the lily.
That was more than gilding the lily.
It would be gilding the lily for me to try to add to his case.
It would be a mistake to improve upon it even by way of gilding the lily.
It seems to me that they are gilding the lily and painting something that it is impossible to improve.
The extra pay was put in by way of gilding the pill.
I fully understand that that is because no purpose would be served by further gilding that lily.
It would, indeed, be gilding the lily for me to seek to add any further matters of either explanation or commendation.
