畫蛇添足的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
draw/snake/add/foot
to draw a snake and add feet to it

[解釋]
畫蛇時給蛇添上腳。比喻做了多余的事，不但沒有好處，反而不合適。

[Explanation]
to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous

[例子]
有關(guān)這個話題的內(nèi)容前面已經(jīng)說了很多了，文章的這一段完全是畫蛇添足。

[Example]
You've said enough about this topic in the previous part. This paragraph in the article is absolutely redundant.

[英文等價詞]
to paint the lily

參考例句：
  • To paint the lily
    畫蛇添足
  • Paint a snake with feet added to it;ruin the effect by adding what is superfluous
    畫蛇添足
  • "Carry coal to Newcastle, send owls to Athens"
    "畫蛇添足,多此一舉"
  • More examples just belabor it
    佐證多了，反而畫蛇添足。
  • Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
    對此發(fā)表評說無異于畫蛇添足。
  • Gild [paint] the lily
    給完美的東西加上不必要的潤色,畫蛇添足
  • His point that no serious harm is done in such cases has led him to contrive a subplot
    他認為這樣做并無大礙。實際上，這是畫蛇添足。
  • Don't gild the lily.--William Shakespeare, British dramatist
    不要給百合花鍍金\畫蛇添足。英國劇作家莎士比亞
  • For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
    對一個這樣漂亮的女孩來說，化妝有些畫蛇添足。
  • Don't gild the lily. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)
    不要給百合花鍍金/畫蛇添足。(英國劇作家莎士比亞.)

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