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。

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Rob: I know… it's a bitter pill to swallow.

罗布：我知道……这是难以下咽的苦果。

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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。

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Otherwise, they will have a bitter pill to swallow when change is forced upon them.

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"It's a sweet bitter pill to swallow, " said Isaac Abraham, a spokesman for the community.

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For parliament member Mustafa Alush(ph), nominating another general was a bitter pill to swallow.

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