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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

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