a bitter pill to swallow
基本解释
- 吞下苦果；（必须吞下去的）苦药丸，不能不做的苦事，不得不忍受的屈辱
英汉例句
- It is a bitter pill to swallow but the truth is fear drives your life.
一个好一点的解释是你只是在忍受，但事实是你让恐惧掌控了你的生活。 - Kosovo's Albanians will be happy with this—but they will have a bitter pill to swallow too.
科索沃阿族人将对此感到满意——但他们也会吞下苦药。 - A tough loss, and a bitter pill to swallow, but with distance the US players can certainly be proud of their efforts.
这是一场艰难的失败，一颗难以吞咽的苦果。 但长远地看，美国球员可以当之无愧地为自己的努力而骄傲。 - Otherwise, they will have a bitter pill to swallow when change is forced upon them.
FORBES: One Way To Fix Health Care's Obesity Problem - For parliament member Mustafa Alush(ph), nominating another general was a bitter pill to swallow.
NPR: Lebanese Rivals Agree on Compromise Candidate - Kosovo's Albanians will be happy with this—but they will have a bitter pill to swallow too.
ECONOMIST: Serbia and Kosovo