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it was a bitter pill to swallow

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  • 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 — 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

  • (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 — 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 — 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

  • (a) bitter pill — 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

  • (a) bitter pill (for somebody) (to swallow) — a bitter ˈpill (for sb) (to swallow) idiom a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept • The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow. Main entry: ↑bitteridiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • pill — n. tablet of medicine 1) to swallow, take a pill 2) (colloq.) to pop pills 3) a headache; sleeping pill oral contraceptive 4) to take the pill 5) to be on the pill misc. 6) it was a bitter pill to swallow ( it was very difficult to experience… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • bitter — 1 adjective 1 ANGRY/UPSET full of angry, jealous, and unhappy feelings because you think you have been badly treated or that unfair things have happened to you: He became bitter and disillusioned as he grew older. (+ about): They all lost their… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • bitter — bit|ter1 W3S3 [ˈbıtə US ər] adj [: Old English; Origin: biter] 1.) feeling angry, jealous, and upset because you think you have been treated unfairly →↑bitterly bitter about ▪ I feel very bitter about what has happened. ▪ a bitter and vindictive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pill — [ pıl ] noun count * a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water: sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills take a pill: Did you remember to take your pills this morning? pill for: The doctor prescribed some pills for the pain. a. the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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