bitter+pill
21(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 …
22(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 …
23a bitter pill — ► a bitter pill an unpleasant or painful necessity. Main Entry: ↑pill …
24a bitter pill — a negative event, a loss, a painful experience Divorce is a bitter pill for her. She believed in her marriage …
25bitter pill to swallow — something difficult to accept or make peace with …
26pill — [ 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… …
27pill — ► NOUN 1) a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole. 2) (the Pill) a contraceptive pill. ► VERB ▪ (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface. ● a bitter pill Cf. ↑a bitter pill …
28a bitter pill — an unpleasant or painful necessity. → pill …
29pill — [[t]pɪ̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ pills 1) N COUNT Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing. Why do I have to take all these pills? ...sleeping pills. Syn: tablet 2) N SING: the N If a woman is on the pill, she… …
30pill */ — UK [pɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms pill : singular pill plural pills a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills pill for: The doctor gave me some pills for the pain. take a pill: Did… …
