gild refined gold

基本解释

The actual quote is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily".
實際上原文是：爲純金鍍金，爲百郃花添彩。
To gild refined gold , to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow…
給金子鍍上金箔，給百郃塗上顔色，給紫羅蘭灑香水，把冰磨光滑，給彩虹添顔色，是多此一擧的。
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow …… is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
給金子鍍上金箔，給百郃塗上顔色，給紫羅蘭灑香水，把冰磨光滑，給彩虹添顔色，是多此一擧的。