No gilding the lily--the splendor comes from the outside in: the huge view of Barnard Harbour, the bald eagles in the trees, the otters paddling by the dock.

FORBES: Magazine Article

So there is no way to guild the lily here.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And California will be a better place if its politics is no longer polarised between aggressively multicultural Democrats and lily-white Republicans.

ECONOMIST: Enter the Garcias�� Own Party

It reported that the terrorists had recruited two "lily whites" -- individuals with no criminal history or obvious connections to the perpetrating organization -- to carry out the bombing of an American federal building.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Jayna Davis files