bitter pill

This would not be such a bitter pill if they were actually poor.

The industry called that and other terms of the deal a "bitter pill."

A bitter pill doesn't need to be swallowed to work.

Now that is a bitter pill for Americans to swallow.

All the same, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

He took the bitter pills, swallowed them with a glass of water.

To lose a hundred with a single blow was a bitter pill.

If you're willing to swallow those two bitter pills, the rest of the news is almost all good.

Such charges have become popular as companies use them to load various future costs into one bitter pill.

It was a very subtle flavor for such a bitter pill.

I know it's a bitter pill to swallow, but you can't change the facts.

The fever or the bitter pill of disappointment, she didn't know which.

Oh, and that thank you was a bitter pill.

Murphy swallowed the news as though it were a particularly bitter pill.

It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.

"We have been devouring this bitter pill for several years."

"A bitter pill" is the way one union official described the compromise yesterday.

But not yet; I had better coat the bitter pill with sweetness.

This must be a bitter pill to a people who worship their Emperor as a god.

The research faction had been made to swallow a rather bitter pill.

He gives her bitter pills to take before bed.

Having to seek out students is a new and bitter pill for business schools, which had grown accustomed to growth.

But the "peace dividend" for many people, after having served our country well, has been a particularly bitter pill.

But there were also a few bitter pills, including the possibility that companies might be required to report tax shelters.

"Any time you lose a game, it's a bitter pill."