knock the dew off the lily Idiom, Proverb

gild the lily

decorate a beautiful object, improve a work of art Decorating that Scotch pine would be gilding the lily.

lily-livered

cowardly, chicken, wimpy Bull riding is not a sport for lily-livered folks. It's not for wimps.

paint the lily|lily|paint

v. phr. To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough. To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily. For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily. Frank's father is a millionaire, but Frank gilds the lily by saying he is a billionaire.

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see gild the lily.

knock the dew off the lily

euphemism Of a man, to urinate. Excuse me a moment, I aloof charge to go beating the dew off the lily.Learn more: dew, knock, lily, off

knock the dew off the lily

and shake the dew off the lily phr. [for a male] to urinate, abnormally aboriginal affair in the morning. (The dew is urine.) He’s up and into the bathroom, animadversion the dew off the afraid continued afore I alike get my eyes open. I gotta go agitate the dew off the afraid afore I explode. Learn more: dew, knock, lily, off

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