sugar the pill idiom UK (US sweeten the pill)
使不愉快的事变得较易接受
to make something bad seem less unpleasant
Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation. 改进公益服务的诸项计划是缓和人们对增税的不满情绪的一种方式。
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