"A bitter pill" nghĩa là gì?

"A bitter pill" = viên thuốc đắng -> nghĩa là phiền toái, đau đớn, nhục nhã.

Ví dụ

David Warner on Sunrisers axing: 'Bitter pill to swallow but I don't think I will ever get answers'. He would "love nothing more than to represent Sunrisers still", but has admitted it may be time to move on.

A lifetime of looking over the shoulders of government officials has taught Steven van Beverhoudt a lot about human nature, the importance of patience, the reality of defeat and the fact that even success can sometimes be a bitter pill.

Stunning pensions for politicians are a bitter pill for the public to swallow. Politicians have pension arrangements the rest of us can only dream of. At a time when a debate rages about the age people will receive the state PRSI pension, it is galling for ordinary workers to consider the gold-plated pensions TDs and ministers have put in place for themselves.

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