hard pill to swallow
something that is so hard to accept.
That my own son could have done something so horrible is a hard pill to swallow.
Usage notesedit
Usage notesedit
Hard Pill to Swallow
1. Something hard to accept. (eg. the ps3 was a flop, and that was a hard pill to swallow for Sony.)
2. A song by Blacklite District.
2. A song by Blacklite District.
Jeez, that rejection was a hard pill to swallow.