画蛇添足用英文怎么说

画蛇添足的英文：

[Literal Meaning] 

draw/snake/add/foot 

to draw a snake and add feet to it 

[解释] 

画蛇时给蛇添上脚。比喻做了多余的事，不但没有好处，反而不合适。 

[Explanation] 

to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous 

[例子] 

有关这个话题的内容前面已经说了很多了，文章的这一段完全是画蛇添足。 

[Example] 

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

[英文等价词] 

to paint the lily

参考例句：

• To paint the lily

  画蛇添足

• Paint a snake with feet added to it;ruin the effect by adding what is superfluous

  画蛇添足

• "Carry coal to Newcastle, send owls to Athens"

  "画蛇添足,多此一举"

• More examples just belabor it

  佐证多了，反而画蛇添足。

• Comment on this would be to gild the lily.

  对此发表评说无异于画蛇添足。

• Gild [paint] the lily

  给完美的东西加上不必要的润色,画蛇添足

• His point that no serious harm is done in such cases has led him to contrive a subplot

  他认为这样做并无大碍。实际上，这是画蛇添足。

• Don't gild the lily.--William Shakespeare, British dramatist

  不要给百合花镀金\画蛇添足。英国剧作家莎士比亚

• For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.

  对一个这样漂亮的女孩来说，化妆有些画蛇添足。

• Don't gild the lily. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)

  不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。(英国剧作家莎士比亚.)