hard to swallow

hard to swallow

if something that someone says is hard to swallow, it is difficult to believe. I found her story rather hard to swallow.

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hard to swallow

1. difficult to accept. The terms of the agreement were hard to swallow, but I needed the work. My father's anger was very hard to swallow.

2. not easy to believe. We found her excuse hard to swallow.

take something with a grain of salt

See also: hard, swallow