a bitter pill

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a bitter pill (to swallow) also bitter medicine

a situation that is unpleasant but must be accepted Losing the championship to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow. Cuts in salaries are a dose of bitter medicine that may help the company to survive.

See also: bitter, pill

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It will be a bitter pill to her; that is, like other bitter pills, it will have two moments' ill flavour, and then be swallowed and forgotten; for I am not such a coxcomb as to suppose her feelings more lasting than other women's, though I was the object of them. Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context All the men, even Jonathan, seemed relieved, but it did not seem to me good that they should brave danger and, perhaps lessen their safety, strength being the best safety, through care of me, but their minds were made up, and though it was a bitter pill for me to swallow, I could say nothing, save to accept their chivalrous care of me. Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context			a bed of roses a belly laugh a Bible-basher a big ask a big cheese a big deal a big fish a big fish in a small pond a big girl's blouse a big gun a big mouth a big shot a big-head a billet-doux a bird in the hand a bird's eye view a bird-brain a bit much a bit of all right a bit of fluff a bit of how's your father a bit of rough a bit on the side a bite of the cherry a bite to eat a bitter pill a black day a black mark a blank cheque a blast from the past a bleeding heart a blessing in disguise a blind alley a blind date a blind spot a blood brother a blot on the landscape a blow job a blue-eyed boy a bodice-ripper a body blow a bolt from the blue a bon mot a bon viveur a bone of contention a bone to pick with a bossy boots a bottomless pit a brain box a brain drain a brain trust			A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush a bird's eye view a bird-brain a bit a bit a bit a bit a bit a bit much a bit of a a bit of a a bit of a a bit of a a bit of a A Bit Of A Ladies Man a bit of all right a bit of an a bit of an a bit of an a bit of an a bit of an a bit of fluff A Bit of Fry and Laurie a bit of how's your father a bit of rough a bit of skirt a bit of the action a bit on the side a bite of the cherry a bite to eat a bitter pill a bitter pill to swallow a bitter pill to swallow a bitter pill to swallow a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in the mouth a bitter taste in the mouth a bitter taste in the mouth a bitter taste in the mouth A Bittorrent Client a black day a black mark A Black Rose Burial a blank cheque a blast from the past A Bleeding Heart A Blessing in Disguise a blind alley A blind boil a blind date a blind spot A block A block of shares A Blockdiagram Language a blood brother a blot on (one's) escutcheon a blot on (one's) escutcheon a blot on (one's) escutcheon

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