WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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What does “gilding the lily” mean?
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to spend large amounts of money to show off wealth
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to paint all flowers yellow or gold
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to form unions to fight for better working conditions
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to plant many flowers in city parks and playgrounds
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -To gild the lily means to add unnecessary decoration or exaggeration to something that is almost perfect the way it is. 1. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms.
Detailed explanation-2: -We define gild the lily as “to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right.” We do not attribute this to Shakespeare, as he never wrote this particular combination of words.
Detailed explanation-3: -The phrase ‘Gilding the Lily’ indicates that something has been unnecessarily decorated or over-embellished. Example in use: “You don’t need to wear so much makeup; it’s just gilding the lily.”
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