Idiom
sugarcoat the pill
Meaning
To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He did not sugarcoat the pill when he told me the bad news.”
“The manager did not try to sugarcoat the pill when explaining that our department budget was being cut significantly.”
“While the consultant attempted to sugarcoat the pill, the board members clearly understood that the company faced a period of painful restructuring.”
Examples
simple
“He did not sugarcoat the pill when he told me the bad news.”
contextual
“The manager did not try to sugarcoat the pill when explaining that our department budget was being cut significantly.”
complex
“While the consultant attempted to sugarcoat the pill, the board members clearly understood that the company faced a period of painful restructuring.”
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