“Sugarcoat the pill”in other languages
Make bad news easier to accept.
English
French
Spanish
EnglishFrenchSpanishSame idea, different pictures
English coats the pill in sugar. French and Spanish gild it, dorer la pilule, dorar la píldora: old apothecaries really did cover bitter pills in sugar or even gold leaf so patients would swallow them.
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