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bitter sweetWhen something is Good and Bad; Positive with negative.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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take the bitter with the sweetTo accept positive things with negative things.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 swallowSomething 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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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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Take the Bitter with the SweetAccepting bad things along with the good onesRate it:

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

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

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pit againstTo set someone in opposition to someone else.Rate it:

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pitArmpit, oxter.Rate it:

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pitcunt, pussyRate it:

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race queenA glamorous model, part of the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.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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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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holeA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.Rate it:

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holeAn excavation pit or trench.Rate it:

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honey-dippersWorkers engaged in removing the contents of the pit located under an outhouse or privy.Rate it:

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money pitA possession or financial commitment that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable.Rate 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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pitfemale external genitalia, vulvaRate it:

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pitrafsi of plita.Rate it:

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pitvaginaRate it:

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pitvulvaRate it:

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pitA small surface hole or depression, a fossa.Rate it:

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pitspirit, vigourRate it:

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pitburner (on a stove)Rate it:

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pitA seed inside a fruit.Rate it:

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pitbreastRate it:

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pitroad, path, wayRate it:

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pitTo remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.Rate it:

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pitA shell in a drupe containing a seed.Rate it:

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pitA seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.Rate it:

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pitA hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.Rate it:

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pitA trading pit.Rate it:

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pitTo put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.Rate it:

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pitA hole in the ground.Rate it:

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pitAn area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.Rate it:

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pitA section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.Rate it:

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pitA mine.Rate it:

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pitTo return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.Rate it:

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pitSomething particularly unpleasant.Rate it:

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pitThe bottom part of.Rate it:

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pitA luggage hold.Rate it:

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pitThe indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.Rate it:

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