"take the gilt off the gingerbread : (idiomatic) To take away the most attractive or appealing..."

“take the gilt off the gingerbread : (idiomatic) To take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy an illusion.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/take_the_gilt_off_the_gingerbread#English

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