gild the lily vs titivate

gild the lily

verb
  • To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. 

  • To add superfluous attributes to something. 

titivate

verb
  • To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up. 

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