Question of the Day #1006

Pillar Two Proves to Be a Hard Pill to Swallow for Latin America

From the headline of this article at Bloomberg Tax.

  上記の文で、a hard pill to swallowの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "a hard pill to swallow" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

心の折り合いをつけるのが難しい事柄、苦い経験、つらい事実◆【類】bitter pill to swallow

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Something, especially a fact or piece of news, that is unpleasant or difficult but which is unavoidable or must be accepted.

 

Examples

• It was a hard pill to swallow learning that my father's fortune had been squandered.
• Her recent breakup with Janet was a hard pill to swallow.
• Not getting into my top choice college was a hard pill to swallow, that's for sure.
• “All games that you lose are a hard pill to swallow and upsetting and all that. But we were in command of this game for almost 36 minutes and we weren’t able to close it out.” –Washington Post
• “It’s tough to understand how you can serve your country one way, and you’re not good enough to be in the country another way. That’s a hard pill to swallow,” said Raymond Wilson, another Tuskegee Airman, in “Veterans of Color.” –New York Daily News

   

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