sugar the pill
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But there was no attempt to sugar the pill as he added that scale of the challenge could not be underestimated.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021
A proven benefit would really sugar the pill for wary politicians.
From Economist • Nov. 26, 2015
He didn’t sugar the pill, telling MPs that many of the measures in the bailout bill will be recessionary.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2015
Watford were pragmatic and hard, though they had John Barnes to sugar the pill.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2010
Nevertheless, Susan Kidwell and her mother had managed to sugar the pill and install a cozy atmosphere in their apartment—three rooms on the ground floor.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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