bitter pill to swallow

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Fig. an unpleasant fact that has to be accepted. (Does not involve pills or swallowing.) It was a bitter pill for her brother to swallow when she married his enemy. We found his deception a bitter pill to swallow.

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The mere suggestion of it is a bitter pill to swallow in light of the multi-billion euro bail out of our failed banking institutions. Cuts are just a prescription for trouble by The Mirror (London, England) We sent him away and it was a pretty bitter pill to swallow. Bell will be stronger by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) It's a bitter pill to swallow after his Achilles surgery last season. Fitness fears for Saints trio by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			bitch off bitch up bite bite back bite head off bite into Bite me! bite nails bite off bite off more than can chew bite off more than one can chew bite on bite the big one bite the bullet bite the dust bite the hand that feeds bite the hand that feeds one Bite the ice! bite tongue Bite your tongue! biting bits and pieces bitten bitten by the same bug bitter bitter pill to swallow bitty blab blab around blab out black black and blue black and white black as a skillet black as one is painted black eye black mark beside name black out black sheep of the family black-and-blue blackmail into doing blah, blah, blah blame blame for blame on blanch blanch at blanch with blanche blank blank check			bitter hickory Bitter Lake Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Bitter Lakes Bitter leaf Bitter leaf bitter lemon Bitter Little Cider Apples Bitter magnet bitter medicine bitter melon bitter melon bitter melon bitter melon Bitter Milkwort Bitter Milkwort Bitter Nightshade Bitter Obstanate Zealot Order bitter orange bitter orange bitter orange bitter orange oil bitter orange tree bitter oranges bitter oranges Bitter pattern bitter pea bitter pecan bitter pignut bitter pill to swallow Bitter pit bitter principle Bitter principles Bitter Root Land Trust Bitter rot Bitter rot bitter rubberweed bitter rubberweed bitter rubberweed bitter rubberweed Bitter salt Bitter salt Bitter salt bitter salts bitter sneezeweed bitter sneezeweed bitter sneezeweed bitter sneezeweed Bitter spar Bitter spar Bitter squash Bitter squash Bitter Twisted Evil Guys Bitter vetch Bitter vetch Bitter vetch Bitter vetch bitter words Bitter, Francis Bitter, Karl

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