"pill to swallow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pills to swallow [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pills to swallow}} pill to swallow (plural pills to swallow)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pill, swallow.
    Sense id: en-pill_to_swallow-en-noun-EhTcRXQA
  2. Something to be accepted or tolerated. Translations (something to accept): 苦果 (kǔguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), pala (Finnish), pala nieltäväksi (english: both with an adjective, such as kova, vaikea) (Finnish), bittere Pille [feminine] (German), sapo a engolir [masculine] (Portuguese), го́рькая пилю́ля (górʹkaja piljúlja) (english: bitter pill) [feminine] (Russian), trago amargo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pill_to_swallow-en-noun-QNzsc4Nr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'something to accept': 14 86

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pill to swallow meaning in English (1.8kB)

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