Remember, just stick to the questions and don't embellish.

着 不要答非所问 画蛇添足。

And that brings us to the idiom gild the lily.

这就引出了“gild the lily（画蛇添足）”这个习语。

There was no need to mess it up with bells and whistles, although I did add a number of epistolary interludes (passages from fictional books, a diary entry, letters, teletype bulletins) between narrative segments.

完全没必要画蛇添足给故事增加些闲笔杂音，但我确在叙事间隙添加了一些书信断章（虚构书中章节、一篇、封信，还有电报公告）。

They trudged up the misty field between long rows of tents. Most looked almost ordinary; their owners had clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, or bellpulls, or weather vanes.

他费力走在薄雾营上，从两排长长帐篷间穿过。大多数帐篷看上去没什么特殊，显然，主人费了心思，尽可能把弄得和麻瓜帐篷一样，可是有一不小心做过了头，画蛇添足加上了烟囱、拉铃绳或风向标，弄得不伦不类。

You can make them running, or walking, or doing the splits, or squatting, or punting Baxter - anything's fine, as long as they're long.

在做一字马、又或者蹲下来… 在踢巴克斯特。 只要你画腿是长那什麽都可以。但是不过太长，不然会像外星人。还有得不要画蛇添足，画多余 关节。画两尾蛇则是。

But not too long, otherwise you get alien weirdness.

太长，不然会像外星人。还有得不要画蛇添足，画多余 关节。画两尾蛇则是。

That would be gilding the lily.

那就是“画蛇添足”。

We gild the lily anytime we try to improve something that is already excellent.

每当我试图改进已经很出色东西时，我都是在画蛇添足。

And while it was beautiful, it was truly gilding the lily.

虽然很漂亮，但真是画蛇添足。

In his play The Life and Death of King John the line is actually " to paint the lily."

在他戏剧《约翰王生与死》中，台词实际上是“画蛇添足”。

She's just gilding the lily when she wears makeup.

她化妆就是在画蛇添足。

Why all the extra bells and whistles?

为何要画蛇添足呢？

When you have lips this size, you don't need to draw extra protection to it.

拥有如此丰满双唇，无需额外画蛇添足。

And I'm not going to gild the lily.

我不会画蛇添足。

I'm afraid the term " Friend" Would be gilding the lily.

恐怕" 友谊" 这个词有点画蛇添足。