painful necessity

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• pill — noun 1》 a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.     ↘(the Pill) a contraceptive pill. 2》 informal, dated a ball. 3》 informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person. verb (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its… …   English new terms dictionary

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• pill — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) colloq. a contraceptive pill. 2 an unpleasant or painful necessity; a humiliation (a bitter pill; must swallow the pill). 3 colloq. or joc. a ball …   Useful english dictionary

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• a bitter pill — an unpleasant or painful necessity. → pill …   English new terms dictionary

• sugar (or sweeten) the pill — make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. → pill …   English new terms dictionary

• a bitter pill — ► a bitter pill an unpleasant or painful necessity. Main Entry: ↑pill …   English terms dictionary

• sugar the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill …   English terms dictionary

• sweeten the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill …   English terms dictionary

• 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 pill (to swallow) …   Useful english dictionary