1.
Let well alone.(prov.)(Don't try to improve sth.that is already satisfactory)
(谚)对已感满意之事不要再求改善;不要画蛇添足。
2.
gild [paint] the lily
给完美的东西加上不必要的润色,画蛇添足
3.
To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
画蛇添足不必要地修饰本来就很美的东西
4.
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.)
5.
"Carry coal to Newcastle, send owls to Athens"
"画蛇添足,多此一举"
6.
More examples just belabour it.
佐证多了，反而画蛇添足。
7.
To comment upon this would be to paint the lily.
对此加以评论，将是画蛇添足。
8.
The man who waters his grass after a good rain is carrying coals to New-castle.
雨后浇草的人真是画蛇添足。
9.
You'll be painting the lily if you try to correct his article.
你去改动他的文章真是画蛇添足。
10.
You are wasting your time in painting the lily.
你们这是把时间浪费在画蛇添足上。
11.
Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
对此发表评说无异于画蛇添足。
12.
This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.
画蛇添足”这个成语比喻做了多余而不恰当的事，反而把事情弄糟了。
13.
To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.
画蛇添足对原本已很完整的东西作多余的添加
14.
all in all they took an existing animal and changed it or added something to it.
总之都是飞禽走兽，而且全都是画蛇添足。
15.
Aren't you going to revise your latest book? Leave well enough alone, will you?
你还打算修订你的近作吗？别画蛇添足了，好吗？
16.
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。
17.
Don’t put any more decorations on the Christmas cake, that would be gilding the lily.
别再给娃诞蛋糕加装饰品了，那会画蛇添足的。
18.
From that story comes the idiom" Draw a snake and add feet to it".
画蛇添足"这个成语就是从这个故事来的。