画蛇添足的英语

drawing a snake by adding legs

简明汉英词典 画蛇添足 gild the lily

画蛇添足 [词典] （比喻做多余的事， 反而不恰当） paint a snake with feet -- superfluous; add legs to one's sketch of a serpent; (The additional discourses on ...) are completely superfluous.; carry [send] coals to Newcastle; gild the lily; [例句]对此发表评论无异于画蛇添足。Comment upon this would be to paint the lily.

draw a snake and add feet to it.我在字典里查到的

Gild the lily. 画蛇添足