gild the pill

短语

把药包上糖衣, 使不愉快事变得较易接受

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of sugarcoat the pill.

词源

Supposedly from an old pharmaceutical practice of coating bitter tasting pills with a thin layer of metal (see bitter pill).

来源：wiktionary