在神佛塑像上贴上金箔to gild

夸耀；美化to boast about; to embellish

• 往自己脸上贴金

  make oneself look good

• 这帮家伙自吹自擂，尽往自己脸上贴金，简直不知人间有羞耻事。

  Those guys are so shameless, always blowing their own trumpets and trying to make themselves look good.