pill
/pɪl/noun
उच्चारण पिल
गोली (दवा की)
Basic word
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¶Idioms 1
sugar/sweeten the pill
to do sth that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant
कड़वी बात को मीठा बनाकर पेश करना
- The fee rise was sugared with a scholarship scheme.
- To sweeten the pill, they offered a small bonus.
?Which word?
Keep the medicine-form words: pill (round, swallowed whole), tablet (pressed powder, sometimes chewable), capsule (medicine in a soft or hard shell), syrup (liquid), lozenge (a sweet with medicine for a sore throat), ointment (a cream for the skin), injection.
दवा के रूपों के शब्द याद रखिए: pill (गोल, पूरी निगली जाने वाली), tablet (दबाया हुआ चूर्ण, कभी चबाने योग्य), capsule (नरम या कठोर खोल में दवा), syrup (तरल), lozenge (गले के दर्द के लिए दवा वाली मिठाई), ointment (त्वचा का मरहम), injection।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A bitter pill (to swallow) (something unpleasant that you have to accept: 'Losing the match was a bitter pill to swallow'), sugar or sweeten the pill (make something unpleasant seem less so), a magic pill (an easy solution to a difficult problem, which usually does not exist).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: a bitter pill (to swallow) (ऐसी अप्रिय बात जिसे स्वीकारना पड़े, कड़वा घूँट: 'Losing the match was a bitter pill to swallow'), sugar या sweeten the pill (अप्रिय चीज़ को कम अप्रिय दिखाना), a magic pill (कठिन समस्या का आसान हल, जो प्रायः होता नहीं)।