the bitter pill

常見例句

雙語例句

• The bitter pill, in this idiom, is an unpleasant fact that is difficult to accept or as the saying goes, swallow.
  苦藥，在這個習(xí)語中，是指一個令人不愉快的事實(shí)，難以接受或如同諺語說的那樣，難以下咽。
• Over the past six years the House Republicans have repeatedly snuffled up the sugar that had been meant to make the bitter pill of entitlement reform go down, without swallowing the hard stuff.
  在過去的六年中，眾議院中的共和黨人似乎一直在想要通過加點(diǎn)糖來咽下權(quán)利改革這顆苦藥丸，但事實(shí)上，好處得到了之后，改革依然沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)。
• Over thepast six years the House Republicans have repeatedly snuffled up the sugar that had been meant to make the bitter pill of entitlement reform go down, without swallowing the hard stuff.
  在過去超過六年（的時間）眾議院共和黨人在沒有耗盡現(xiàn)金的情況下，已經(jīng)反復(fù)地嗅著去找那個已經(jīng)意味著減少制造”合法權(quán)利改革”苦藥丸的糖。

權(quán)威例句

• Her prescription is to "fess up" and take the bitter pill that is cost evaluation.
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• The U.K. is about the only country in this mess that has already taken the bitter pill of realignment.
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• The latter can be a bitter pill so you may jump at the streamlined program.
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