"bitter pill" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "word": "bitter pill to swallow"
        }
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          "ref": "2004 November 7, Simon Turnbull, “Young Scots give Williams a silver lining”, in The Independent, UK:",
          "text": "By the final whistle at Murrayfield last night, the Australians were choking back the bitter pill of disappointment and defeat.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow."
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        "(figurative) Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow."
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      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter, pill."
      ],
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  "word": "bitter pill"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "bitter pills",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "bitter pill to swallow"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004 November 7, Simon Turnbull, “Young Scots give Williams a silver lining”, in The Independent, UK:",
          "text": "By the final whistle at Murrayfield last night, the Australians were choking back the bitter pill of disappointment and defeat.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow."
      ],
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        "(figurative) Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter, pill."
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