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/'bitə/ * tính từ & phó từ - đắng - cay đắng, chua xót, đau đớn; đau khổ, thảm thiết =bitter disappointment+ sự thất vọng cay đắng =bitter tears+ những giọt nước mắt đau khổ - chua cay, gay gắt; ác liệt, quyết liệt =bitter sarcasm+ lời chế nhạo chua cay =bitter remark+ lời phê bình gay gắt =bitter fighting+ sự đánh nhau ác liệt - rét buốt (thời tiết, gió...) =bitter wind+ gió rét buốt !bitter as gall (worm wood, aloes) - đắng như mật, đắng như bồ bòn !a bitter pill to swallow - viên thuốc đắng phải uống - điều đắng cay (điều tủi nhục) phải chịu đựng !to the bitte rend - cho đến cùng * danh từ - vị đắng - nỗi đắng cay =the bitters of life+ những nỗi đắng cay của cuộc đời =to take the bitter with the sweet+ phải chịu những nỗi đắng cay cùng với những sự ngọt bùi ở đời - (sinh vật học) rượu bia đắng ((cũng) bitter beer) rượu thuốc apxin -
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/pil/ * danh từ - viên thuốc - (nghĩa bóng) điều cay đắng, điều tủi nhục, điều sỉ nhục =a bitter pill+ điều cay đắng, điều tủi nhục =to swallow the pill+ ngậm bồ hòn làm ngọt - (từ lóng);(đùa cợt) quả bóng đá, quả bóng quần vợt; đạn đại bác - (số nhiều) trò chơi bi-a - (the pill) thuốc chống thụ thai !a pill to cure an earthquake - biện pháp nửa vời không đem lại kết quả gì; cho voi uống thuốc gió !to gild the pill - (xem) gild * ngoại động từ - bỏ phiếu đen, bỏ phiếu chống lại (để khai trừ ai) - đánh bại * ngoại động từ - (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) cướp bóc
См. также в других словарях:
bitter pill to swallow — A bitter pill to swallow is something that is hard to accept … The small dictionary of idiomes
bitter pill to swallow — A bitter pill to swallow is something that is hard to accept. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A bitter pill to swallow is something very difficult or unpleasant to accept. Something very unpleasant or difficult to accept is a bitter … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
bitter pill to swallow — a bitter pill (to swallow) phrase an unpleasant fact or situation that is difficult to accept The truth about her family had been a bitter pill to swallow. Thesaurus: difficult situations and experiencessynonym Main entry: pill * * * (a) bitter… … Useful english dictionary
bitter pill to swallow — noun Something unpleasant that must be accepted or endured. [T]o see himself dethroned, the object of her contempt, was a bitter pill to swallow … Wiktionary
Bitter pill to swallow — A bitter pill to swallow is something that is hard to accept … Dictionary of English idioms
a bitter pill to swallow — Something which is difficult or unpleasant to accept, such as an unwelcome fact • • • Main Entry: ↑bitter * * * a bitter pill (to swallow) phrase an unpleasant fact or situation that is difficult to accept The truth about her family had been a… … Useful english dictionary
(a) bitter pill to swallow — a bitter pill (to swallow) a situation that is unpleasant but must be accepted. Losing the championship to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow. Cuts in salaries are a dose of bitter medicine that may help the company to survive … New idioms dictionary
bitter pill — noun singular an unpleasant fact or situation that is difficult to accept: a bitter pill to swallow: The truth about her husband had been a bitter pill to swallow … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bitter pill — noun : an extreme vexation or humiliation; especially : one constituting a punishment, retribution, or unavoidable expedient having to seek his foe s aid was a bitter pill to take * * * bitter pill, anything that is hard to accept. * * * (a)… … Useful english dictionary
bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow. * * * … Universalium
bitter pill — UK / US noun [singular] an unpleasant fact or situation that is difficult to accept a bitter pill to swallow: The truth about her husband had been a bitter pill to swallow … English dictionary
