bitter pill

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Noun

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bitter pill (plural bitter pills)

  1. (figurative) Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow.
    • 2004 November 7, Simon Turnbull, “Young Scots give Williams a silver lining”, in The Independent, UK:
      By the final whistle at Murrayfield last night, the Australians were choking back the bitter pill of disappointment and defeat.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter,‎ pill.
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