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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
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9 _: e+ u/ m) U0 y! d( A 用过如此丰盛的一餐后,再上三种不同的甜点就是画蛇添足了。. C% v: M8 q1 C1 b4 b
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典故:莎士比亚在《约翰王》(King John)一剧中,写了一段话,那段话可以浓1 S3 T, ^2 g9 N4 i9 m5 U
缩成此短语。在此剧中,约翰王占领了英国,并举行二度加冕典礼,希望5 }) P3 j+ e5 Q5 {" g4 s# v9 a. ?: {
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:$ F, J, ]) ~* f" f1 V5 o1 T$ _! ~1 y
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that 4 U c1 f8 d2 S+ [3 A. m! b
was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
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% T7 m% @4 ~3 Q3 c/ M- o. o* h 所以,摆出双倍的排场/装饰一个本来尊号累累的名衔,/纯金之上再镀金$ N9 A( y& ?4 ~# l7 M$ }
,白百合上再敷粉,/紫罗兰上再洒香水,/磨光冰块,彩虹之上/再加一种
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