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sugarcoat (something)

To say, explain, or present something in a manner that is easier to accept, understand, cope with, or endure. Don't sugarcoat it for me, Doc—is my wife going to make it? My grandmother was never one to sugarcoat her criticisms. If she thought you had messed up, she would tell you in no uncertain terms.
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sugarcoated

Said, explained, or presented in a manner that is easier to accept, understand, cope with, or endure. Stop giving me sugarcoated responses whenever I ask about the state of the project. I need to know how it's actually progressing! It doesn't have to be sugarcoated, but you should aim to be a bit more empathetic when you deliver a prognosis to one of you patients.
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sugarcoated

mod. palatable; inoffensive; easy to take. Math is so sugarcoated these days. Even I could learn it.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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There are no rule books, if you did not love them so much it wouldn't be as hard "I'm wrecked, a shell of a human and I'm sick of motherhood being sugar-coated
"The Jail SP's story is half cooked sugar-coated story," Kishorechandra said.
It goes much further than your typical teen love story, unravelling the complexity of real-life romances, as opposed to the sugar-coated fantasy we have become accustomed to.
In view of the fact that anti-depressants cause numerous side effects and produce other problems which can lead to the prescribing of yet more drugs to combat them and, given that anti-depressants are about as effective as sugar-coated pills, would it not make more sense for these scientists to investigate why these placebos produce the effects they do without the adverse side effects of anti-depressants?
" We make a point of explaining the real countryside to them, and steer clear of presenting a sugar-coated version of reality."
ONCE upon a time, a girl called Katy Perry became a sugar-coated pop princess.
This cross-over study ("Serum concentrations of methimazole in cats after a single oral dose of controlled-release carbimazole or sugar-coated methimazole [thiamazole]" Veterinary Therapeutics, 2010) of six normal cats compared a single oral dose of either a controlled-release carbimazole tablet or a sugar-coated methimazole tablet.
A sugar-coated tale but palatable due to Miley's performance.
That's where you'll find that Chocolate Turtle Chex Mix consists mostly of refined corn meal and white flour, sugar, candy coated chocolate pieces, sugar-coated peanuts, butter, sugar, salt, and a host of artificial flavors and colors (Blue 2, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 40).
A unique product with a compelling combination of a crunchy sugar-coated exterior shell with a succulent fruit flavour jelly inside, Starlets are packaged in a choice of handy pocket-sized packs for maximum convenience which will have strong appeal to a wide variety of shoppers.
Tony Hawk is apparently recovering from the blunt force drama of having been a corpse on television's CSIMiami and from the indignity of discovering that he is on a CD inside boxes of Kellogg's sugar-coated Frosted Flakes.
Chefs used an industrial blowtorch to caramelize the creme brulee's sugar-coated surface.
Staples: Bread, meat, milk (now bought in shops rather than home delivered), cheese pre-packed in blocks, pasta, margarine, crisps, oven chips, frozen pizza, fish fingers, chicken nuggets, olive oil, sugar-coated cereals, fruit and vegetables from around the world
I appreciate your addressing things that are of importance to the gay community rather than sugar-coated reviews of TV shows, movies, and interviews with entertainment figures.
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