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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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acid dropboiled sweetRate it:

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acti labores iucundi (proverb.)rest after toil is sweet.Rate it:

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aimer les friandises (chatteries)To have a sweet tooth.Rate it:

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an explosion of flavor!The reaction of the taste buds and the associated explosion of pleasant, sweet, toothsome, rewarding, overwhelming pleasurable response to food, drink or sweetmeats, desserts etc.Rate it:

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Beaut {bute}- - aka BeautyA Pretty Girl or Attractive Woman Pulchritudinous Female, A Sweet Woman, What More Do You Desire?Rate it:

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bitter endThat part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor.Rate it:

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bitter endThe end of a long and difficult process.Rate it:

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bitter pillSomething unpleasant that must be accepted or endured.Rate it:

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bitter pill to swallowUsed other than as an idiom: see bitter pill, swallow.Rate it:

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bitter pill to swallowSomething unpleasant that must be accepted or endured.Rate it:

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bitter sweetWhen something is Good and Bad; Positive with negative.Rate it:

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boire un bouillon (lit.)To swallow water (when swimming); To swallow a bitter pill; To lose a lot of money.Rate it:

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bons sonhossweet dreamsRate it:

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bull's eyesweetRate it:

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dulces sueñossweet dreamsRate it:

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durma com Deussweet dreamsRate it:

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face offEither an actual or a figurative face to face confrontation, especially a bitter one.Rate it:

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faire avaler des couleuvres à quelqu'unTo say very humiliating things to a man who, on account of his inferior position, is obliged to put up with them; To make any one swallow a bitter pill.Rate it:

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fais de beaux rêvessweet dreamsRate it:

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fucking a right!Absolutely! Phrases with similar meaning: "Does a bear sshit in the woods? "You bet your sweet ass!"Rate it:

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Green with EnvyTo get resentful, bitter or envious with someone, Getting jealous and invidiousRate it:

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home sweet homeOne's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.Rate it:

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honey holeSweet spot. An abundance in one specific area.Rate it:

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honey-mouthedHaving a sweet and smooth voice; eloquent.Rate it:

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honey-mouthedHaving a sweet and smooth voiceRate it:

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il fait (or, agit) toujours à sa guiseHe always goes his own way; He always acts according to his own sweet will.Rate it:

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lar, doce larhome sweet homeRate it:

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lemon dropboiled sweetRate it:

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mint humbugboiled sweetRate it:

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one more time for the sweet souvenirfor old times' sakeRate it:

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out on the tilesI've had a pint of bitter and now I'm feeling better and I'm out on the tiles." Led Zeppelin in their song "Out on the tiles", 1970.Rate it:

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pain dérobé réveille appétitStolen joys are sweet.Rate it:

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redolentFragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.Rate it:

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revenge is sweetSaid when one is satisfied with taking revenge on oneself.Rate it:

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rich a sight!Extremely Sweet, concentrated goodness.Rate it:

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short and sweetA direct and brief communication.Rate it:

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short and sweetEfficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to an unpleasant task.Rate it:

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Soft SoapTo gently or politely urge someone to do something, to persuade someone with sweet-talking or butteringRate it:

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sueña con los angelitossweet dreamsRate it:

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sugarcoat a bitter pillAlternative form of sugarcoat the pillRate it:

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swallow a bitter pillTo accept or endure an unpleasant situation.Rate it:

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sweet as a nutExtremely good.Rate it:

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sweet as pieextremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely).Rate it:

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sweet cherryPrunus aviumRate it:

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sweet cherryUsed other than as an idiom: see sweet, cherry.Rate it:

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sweet dreamsPhrase said to someone before they fall asleep, wishing them a good sleep.Rate it:

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sweet fuck allSomewhat more intense form of fuck all.Rate it:

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sweet hereafterHeaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.Rate it:

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sweet JesusUsed to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.Rate it:

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