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| a bitter pill to swallow | переварить непросто (= a hard pill to swallow: Losing to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow  cambridge.org Shabe) |
| a hard pill to swallow | переварить непросто (= a bitter pill to swallow: It was a hard pill to swallow learning that my father's fortune had been squandered thefreedictionary.com Shabe) |