tough pill to swallow

Noun

Meaning

tough pill to swallow (plural tough pills to swallow)

Synonym of bitter pill to swallow

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

It's a tough pill to swallow but we can either run from adversity or we can face our adversity head on and conquer it. And that's what I plan to do. Conor McGregor

One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics. Taylor Swift

Close letter words and terms

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