屋おく上じょう架か屋おく

noun

gilding the lily; adding redundant things

A yojijukugo meaning to do something unnecessary or to add something superfluous, often making things worse. Literally 'building a roof on top of a roof'. Used in formal or literary contexts.

See also: 屋上屋を架す

• その提てい案あんは屋おく上じょう架か屋おくで、むしろ混こん乱らんを招まねいた。

  That proposal was gilding the lily; it only caused confusion.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは屋おく上じょう架か屋おくの感かんがある。

  His explanation feels like adding redundant things.