Gold for Colorado Capitol dome back from Italy DENVER (AP) — The gold that will be used to replace the gilding on the state Capitol dome is back in Colorado after being transformed into gold leaf in Italy.
June 19, 2013 - The Fort Collins Coloradoan
John Howard in Melbourne Herald Sun We know already that the drought has taken up to three-quarters to one per cent of our growth. The longer it goes on the harder the impact,Mr Howard said. "These are just stark facts. I'm not gilding the lilly. I wish I had another story....
Steve Carell in Newsday Carell's grace under pressure - all the abuse and the birds and the ark-building, which Shadyac claimed Carell can actually do ("He's gilding the lily on that one," Carell said) - earned the admiration of his co-stars.
Benjamin Franklin in Minneapolis Star Tribune The latter is a cruder way of saying what my hero Benjamin Franklin wrote for his epitaph, "The body of B. Franklin, Printer, (Like the Cover of an Old Book, Its Contents torn Out, And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding), Lies Here, Food for Worms....