bitter pill en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively) Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow.
alt of bitter pill to swallow
By the final whistle at Murrayfield last night, the Australians were choking back the bitter pill of disappointment and defeat.
2004 November 7, Simon Turnbull, “Young Scots give Williams a silver lining”, in The Independent, UK:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter, pill.
Forms
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|---|---|---|---|
| bitter pills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |