bitter pill to swallow in Anglais

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    "Locutioncomposée de bitter, pill et swallow. Équivalent de avaler la pilule en français, qui est d’ailleurs un verbe."
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      "form": "bitter pills to swallow",
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        "Quelque chose de difficile à accepter. Quelque chose de décevant, ou qui paraît injuste."
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Locutioncomposée de bitter, pill et swallow. Équivalent de avaler la pilule en français, qui est d’ailleurs un verbe."
  ],
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      "form": "bitter pills to swallow",
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        "plural"
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        "Quelque chose de difficile à accepter. Quelque chose de décevant, ou qui paraît injuste."
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"bitter pill to swallow" meaning in Anglais

Noun