A bitter pill
Idiomatic translations of "A bitter pill"
Meanings of "A bitter pill"
Both English Explanations are fine.
A fact or situation that you do not want to accept, but reluctantly you must accept it in the end.
The phrase is commonly followed by "...to swallow."
EX: "I know it's a bitter pill to swallow, but everybody dies."
Άσχημο γεγονός που πρέπει να δεχτώ
Θα πιω κι αυτό το φαρμάκι
Το πικρό χάπι
тягостная необходимость; горькая пилюля
Un hecho desagradable que hay que aceptar
En obehaglig faktum att man måste acceptera
Kabullenilmesi gereken istenmeyen, korkunç durum.
"A bitter pill" in lyrics
Boris Davidyan - A Criminal's Lot
It's a bitter pill to swallow, mom! This plan for my life.
I have no plan, like a king without a kingdom.
It's a bitter pill to swallow, mom! This plan for my life.
I have no plan, like a king without a kingdom.
Christian Hymns & Songs - O Sinner Behold
Weep your sins. Groan and cry that if the guilt is serious. Even more, Hell is.
It's a bitter pill. A golden disguise Which is sold as sugar being realgar.
Faouzia - Born Without A Heart
and I never will
That's the way I am,
such a bitter pill.
I don't really care,
Baby, fineness is the way to kill
Tell me how it feel, bet it's such a bitter pill
And yeah, I know you thought you had big and better things
Queen - Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)
Breast feeding myself
What more can I say?
I have swallowed the bitter pill
I can taste it I can taste it
Psychonaut 4 - Wor(l)d Of Pain And Hate
I Hate you, for all lies and drugs
I am bitter pill called anti-world!
I am the Best Way to Die!
Bon Jovi - We Weren't Born to Follow
We weren't born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
[Verse 1]
Our sad faces,
we don't have to show 'em.
Don't exaggerate how much you resent me.
[Verse 2: Eminem & Kobe]
Marshall, you're no longer the man, that's a bitter pill to swallow
All I know is I'm wallowing, self-loathing and hollow
Bad Love (OST) - My Heart Is Sad
they are still clear in my memory
I take a bitter pill called time
I swallow you with against my will
Amália Rodrigues - Bitter Maremma
Everybody tells me about Maremma, Maremma...
But it seems to me that Maremma is bitter 1
If a bird goes there, it's bound to lose its feathers
- 1. The expression borders on the meaning of 'Maremma is a bitter pill'. In the Sixties the region offered a lot of land reclamation job opportunities, but the hard conditions of work made it life threatening to move there. Hence the singer swears at the region
Half of the bitter pill,
Do you want to take that and die
Half of the bitter pill,
Do you want to take that and die
Art of Dying - You Don’t Know Me
Worst of the best, but I'm in this race
You don't know me
I'm a knife, I'm a rope, I'm a bitter pill
A tooth on the cog that you built to spill
Roberto Bellarosa - Love Kills
Love kills over and over
Waiting for the bitter pill
Something I can truly feel
Joe Bonamassa - "Get Back My Tomorrow"
But that won't get back my tomorrow
It's a bitter pill to swallow
Can you taste the pain and sorrow?
José Feliciano - It Hasn't Stopped Raining
You're not here anymore
A kiss from another mouth
Is like a bitter pill that's very hard to swallow
Let me, and the thing is that you don't see
Placebo - Allergic (To Thoughts of Mother Earth)
Any means in your horizon
Heaven in a tourniquet
The after life to keep your eyes on
Bitter pill you take today
For to face Van Diemen's land.
It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear.