"hard pill to swallow" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-hard pill to swallow.ogg Forms: hard pills to swallow [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|hard pills to swallow}} hard pill to swallow (plural hard pills to swallow)
  1. Synonym of bitter pill to swallow Synonyms: bitter pill to swallow [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: horse pill
    Sense id: en-hard_pill_to_swallow-en-noun-Mwzp1dr8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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