adjust vs gild the lily

adjust

verb
  • To improve or rectify. 

  • To modify. 

  • To settle an insurance claim. 

  • To change to fit circumstances. 

gild the lily

verb
  • To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. 

  • To add superfluous attributes to something. 

How often have the words adjust and gild the lily occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )