gild the pill

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Synonym of sugarcoat the pill.
    — For he who'd make his fellow-creatures wise / Should always gild the philosophic pill!

词形变化

gilds the pill present,singular,third-person gilding the pill participle,present gilded the pill participle,past gilded the pill past

词源

Supposedly from an old pharmaceutical practice of coating bitter tasting pills with a thin layer of metal (see bitter pill).
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