- sugar (or sweeten) the pill
- sugar (or sweeten) the pillmake an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable.→ pill
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sugar (or sweeten) the pill
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sweeten the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill … English terms dictionary
sweeten the pill — sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new performance related bonuses. Thesaurus: to reduce, or to remove the bad effects of somethingsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
sugar/sweeten the pill — to make an unpleasant thing less difficult to accept or deal with Faster service may sugar the pill of higher fees. • • • Main Entry: ↑pill … Useful english dictionary
sugar the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill … English terms dictionary
sugar the pill — To compensate somewhat for an unpleasant prospect, unwelcome imposition, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sugar * * * sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new … Useful english dictionary
sugar the pill — British, American & Australian, American to make something bad seem less unpleasant. The government have cut income tax to sweeten the pill of a tough budget … New idioms dictionary
pill — ► 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 … English terms dictionary
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
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
pill */ — 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… … English dictionary
