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bitter pills to swallow

bitter pills to swallow is the plural of bitter pill to swallow.

Meaning of bitter pill to swallow

Noun

bitter pill to swallow (plural bitter pills to swallow)

  1. (figuratively) Something unpleasant that must be accepted or endured.
    • [T]o see himself dethroned, the object of her contempt, was a bitter pill to swallow.1886, George Gissing, chapter 10, in Demos: A Story of English Socialism
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter pill, swallow.

Questions about bitter pills to swallow

What is bitter pills to swallow the plural of?
Bitter pills to swallow is the plural of bitter pill to swallow.

Words near bitter pills to swallow in the dictionary

  1. bitter oranges
  2. bitter panicgrass
  3. bitter pill
  4. bitter pill to swallow
  5. bitter pills
  6. bitter pills to swallow
  7. bitter pit
  8. Bitter plate
  9. Bitter plates
  10. bitter root
  11. bitter roots

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