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• Bitter pills may have blessed effects - Хорошее лекарство никогда не бывает сладким (X) -
2 горькая пилюля
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1) General subject: a bitter ( hard) pill to swallow, a bitter pill, bitter pill, bitter pill to swallow -
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General subject: a bitter pill to swallow, a hard pill to swallow, bitter pill to swallowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тягостная необходимость
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проглотить пилюлю — swallow a pill; (перен.) swallow the pillпозолотить пилюлю — sweeten / sugar the pill
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8 проглотить пилюлю
1) General subject: swallow the pill, swallow a pill, swallow medicine, take medicine2) Graphic expression: pocket the insult, swallow the insult, take it lying down3) Set phrase: swallow a bitter pill, (p.; not used with neg.) swallow the pill4) Makarov: swallow (one's) medicine, take ( one's) medicine -
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ГОРЬКАЯ ПИЛЮЛЯ ПИЛЮЛЯ ГОРЬКА both lit NP sing onlyVPsllbJ with copula (2nd var.)) sth. unpleasant or painful for s.o. (that s.o. must accept, come to terms with etc): a bitter pill (for s.o.) (to swallow). "Я наконец сказал ей (матери), что вы, мол, меня понять не можете мы, мол, принадлежим к двум различным поколениям. Она ужасно обиделась, а я подумал: что делать? Пилюля горька - а проглотить её нужно» (Тургенев 2). "At last I said to her, 'Of course, you cannot understand mewe belong to two different generations,' I said. She was dreadfully offended but I thought to myself, It can't be helped. It is a bitter pill but she must swallow it'" (2c). -
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• ГОРЬКАЯ ПИЛЮЛЯ; ПИЛЮЛЯ ГОРЬКА both lit[NP; sing only; VPsubj with copula (2nd var.)]=====⇒ sth. unpleasant or painful for s.o. (that s.o. must accept, come to terms with etc):- a bitter pill (for s.o.) (to swallow).♦ "Я наконец сказал ей [ матери], что вы, мол, меня понять не можете; мы, мол, принадлежим к двум различным поколениям. Она ужасно обиделась, а я подумал: что делать? Пилюля горька - а проглотить её нужно" (Тургенев 2). "At last I said to her, 'Of course, you cannot understand me: we belong to two different generations,' I said. She was dreadfully offended but I thought to myself, 'It can't be helped. It is a bitter pill but she must swallow it'" (2c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > горькая пилюля
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• ГОРЬКАЯ ПИЛЮЛЯ; ПИЛЮЛЯ ГОРЬКА both lit[NP; sing only; VPsubj with copula (2nd var.)]=====⇒ sth. unpleasant or painful for s.o. (that s.o. must accept, come to terms with etc):- a bitter pill (for s.o.) (to swallow).♦ "Я наконец сказал ей [ матери], что вы, мол, меня понять не можете; мы, мол, принадлежим к двум различным поколениям. Она ужасно обиделась, а я подумал: что делать? Пилюля горька - а проглотить её нужно" (Тургенев 2). "At last I said to her, 'Of course, you cannot understand me: we belong to two different generations,' I said. She was dreadfully offended but I thought to myself, 'It can't be helped. It is a bitter pill but she must swallow it'" (2c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пилюля горька
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ж.коро́бочка для пилю́ль — pillbox
••проглоти́ть пилю́лю — swallow the pill
позолоти́ть пилю́лю — ≈ sweeten / sugar the pill
го́рькая пилю́ля — a bitter pill to swallow
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a bitter pill to swallow словосочетание:a bitter pill to swallow (горькая пилюля, тягостная необходимость) -
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a bitter pill to swallow словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > тягостная необходимость
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15 подносить пилюлю
разг.give smb. a bitter pill to swallow- Ну как, товарищи доктора? Есть ещё порох в пороховницах? Не мёртвыми инструкциями живём? Умеем и авторитетнейшим подписям пилюлю поднести? (Ю. Герман, Дорогой мой человек) — 'Well, comrades surgeons, what do you think of this? We're not quite washed out, are we? Do we put life into dead instructions? We can give even the most authoritative signatories a bitter pill to swallow, can't we?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подносить пилюлю
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16 поднести пилюлю
[podn'esti pil'ul'u]
To bring a pill to someone.
To say or do something unpleasant, annoying, insulting.
Cf. To give someone a bitter pill to swallow. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > поднести пилюлю
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17 проглотить пилюлю
[proglotit' pil'ul'u]
To swallow the pill.
To disregard an insult; to endure an offence patiently, without resistance or complaint.
Cf. To swallow a bitter pill. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > проглотить пилюлю
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18 хлебнуть
1) General subject: nip (спиртного), gulp down2) Colloquial: nip out (спиртного), nip up (спиртного)3) American: gargle (спиртного)4) American English: drink from the bitter cup, swallow ( as in swallow many a bitter pill) -
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General subject: it was a bitter pill to swallowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > С этим было трудно примириться
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20 проглотить горькую пилюлю
General subject: have a bitter pill to swallowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > проглотить горькую пилюлю
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См. также в других словарях:
Bitter Pill — may refer to: * Bitter Pill , a song by Soul Asylum from their 1990 album And the Horse They Rode in On * Bitter Pill , a song by Annie Lennox from her 2003 album Bare * Bitter Pill , a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1998 compilation album… … Wikipedia
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 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 — 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 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 — 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
bitter pill — {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bitter pill — {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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
