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。

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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。

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

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In the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, from which the Glaubers hailed, the arrest is "a sweet bitter pill to swallow because it's good news but on a very sad story, " said community leader and family friend Isaac Abraham.

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

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