sugar/sweeten the pillNICEto do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it 给药丸加糖衣,把苦差事变得更容易接受sugar/sweeten the pill• They tried to sweeten the pill. b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.• To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.
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