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1 горькая пилюля
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2 горькая пилюля
1) General subject: a bitter ( hard) pill to swallow, a bitter pill, bitter pill, bitter pill to swallow -
3 тягостная необходимость
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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4 пилюля
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проглотить пилюлю — swallow a pill; (перен.) swallow the pillпозолотить пилюлю — sweeten / sugar the pill
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5 пилюля
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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6 горькая пилюля
a bitter pill to swallow словосочетание:a bitter pill to swallow (горькая пилюля, тягостная необходимость) -
7 тягостная необходимость
a bitter pill to swallow словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > тягостная необходимость
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8 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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9 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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10 С этим было трудно примириться
General subject: it was a bitter pill to swallowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > С этим было трудно примириться
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11 проглотить горькую пилюлю
General subject: have a bitter pill to swallowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > проглотить горькую пилюлю
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12 это была тягостная необходимость
General subject: it was a bitter pill to swallowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > это была тягостная необходимость
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ПОДНОСИТЬ/ПОДНЕСТИ (ПРЕПОДНОСИТЬ/ПРЕПОДНЕСТИ) ПИЛЮЛЮ (-и) кому VP subj: human to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.: X поднес Y-y пилюлю - X got Y where it hurts X gave Y a bitter pill to swallow. -
14 поднести пилюли
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поднести пилюли
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15 поднести пилюлю
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поднести пилюлю
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16 подносить пилюли
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подносить пилюли
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17 подносить пилюлю
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подносить пилюлю
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18 преподнести пилюли
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > преподнести пилюли
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19 преподнести пилюлю
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > преподнести пилюлю
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20 преподносить пилюли
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to say or do sth. unpleasant, offensive, hurtful etc to s.o.:Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > преподносить пилюли
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