You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
你年龄太大，不能给你工作了。那样的事情是吞苦果。
It is worth noting that climate change is not a bitter pill only for the poor to swallow.
值得注意的是，气候变化不是仅有穷人才会面临的严酷现实。
Rob: I know… it's a bitter pill to swallow.
罗布：我知道……这是难以下咽的苦果。
The election defeat was a bitter pill for Naomi.
选举失败是内奥米不得不吞下的苦果。
Defeat in the election was a bitter pill for him to swallow.
在选举中失败是他难以下咽的苦果。
In this example, Catherine is the one who must swallow a bitter pill.
在这个例子中，凯瑟琳就是这个必须吞下苦果的人。
Kosovo's Albanians will be happy with this-but they will have a bitter pill to swallow too.
科索沃阿族人将对此感到满意——但他们也会吞下苦药。
Buyers couldn't come to terms with the car's styling, and its high price proved a bitter pill.
买家们在这辆车的款式上不能达成协议，另外价格过高也是个麻烦事。
Both were the right thing to do, but doing them simultaneously increased costs and made a bitter pill for investors.
所有的事情都是对的，但同时做这些事增加了成本，并且给投资者开了味苦药。
I had expected to be given the new job at the office, and it was a bitter pill to swallow when I heard that it had been offered to someone else.
我盼望能够得到办公室的新工作，当我听到这个差使已给了别人时，我极感失望。
The international Banks that lent to Dubai, like the emirate itself, may have to swallow a bitter pill and agree to a restructuring in the total debt.
如同该酋长国自己一样，贷款给迪拜的那些国际银行可能也不得不吞下苦果，同意对整体债务进行重组。
Although it was a bitter pill to swallow, the pound came back stronger because the excess interest and high inflation were forced out of the British economy following the beating.
虽然这是一个难以下咽的苦果，但是这次打击之后英国经济强制的高利率和通货膨胀使英镑有重新变得有力。
Most people have no training on how to successfully set and achieve a goal. They may try various strategies, finally acquiring some knowledge through the bitter pill of experience.
大多数人对于如何设定、达到目标都没有受过训练。他们也许会采用各种不同的策略，最终，通过经验的苦果获得一些了解。
But the laughs seem to be a mere sugar coating for the very bitter pill that Leigh is serving up, namely that relationships in particular and life in general can treat us cruelly.
然而，欢笑只不过是表面的一层糖衣，迈克•李所要呈现的却是糖衣包裹下的那剂苦药，即：生活是残酷的，感情也一样。
But the laughs seem to be a mere sugar coating for the very bitter pill that Leigh is serving up, namely that relationships in particular and life in general can treat us cruelly.
然而，欢笑只不过是表面的一层糖衣，迈克•李所要呈现的却是糖衣包裹下的那剂苦药，即：生活是残酷的，感情也一样。
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