单词 | sweeten the pill |
释义 | sweeten the pill or to sugar the pill phrase See full dictionary entry for pill If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable. He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices. |
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