Gild the lily
Posted by Gary Martin on June 12, 2000
In Reply to: Gild the lily posted by Frankie on June 12, 2000
: I read this phrase this morning. Sounds made up to me.
: Has anyone heard of this one?
Not made up (at least not recently made up). See this page on the origin of gild the lily.
Gary
- What it really means Drew 08/07/00