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• Bitter Pill — may refer to: * Bitter Pill , a song by Soul Asylum from their 1990 album And the Horse They Rode in On * Bitter Pill , a song by Annie Lennox from her 2003 album Bare * Bitter Pill , a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1998 compilation album… …   Wikipedia

• bitter pill — noun singular an unpleasant fact or situation that is difficult to accept: a bitter pill to swallow: The truth about her husband had been a bitter pill to swallow …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bitter pill — noun : an extreme vexation or humiliation; especially : one constituting a punishment, retribution, or unavoidable expedient having to seek his foe s aid was a bitter pill to take * * * bitter pill, anything that is hard to accept. * * * (a)… …   Useful english dictionary

• bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow. * * * …   Universalium

• bitter pill — UK / US noun [singular] an unpleasant fact or situation that is difficult to accept a bitter pill to swallow: The truth about her husband had been a bitter pill to swallow …   English dictionary

• bitter pill — {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for him./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• bitter pill — {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for him./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• bitter pill — See a bitter pill …   English idioms

• bitter pill — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acridity, acridness, affliction, astringence, astringency, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitterness, burden, burden of care, cankerworm of care, care, causticity, cross, crown of thorns, curse,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bitter pill — sharp and unpleasant tasting tablet of medicine; harsh lesson that is learned …   English contemporary dictionary