a bitter pill

a bitter pill
(a bitter pill (to swallow))
горькая пилюля, тяжёлая необходимость; оскорбление, унижение, с которым приходится мириться

The week before, lady Weatherby had given a large party and neither she nor Henry had been invited. It had been a bitter pill for Alice to swallow, she had always prided herself on being particularly close to Eleonor Weatherby... (A. J. Cronin. ‘The Northern Light’, part I, ch. 14) — На прошлой неделе леди Уэзерби устраивала большой прием, но ни она, ни Генри не были приглашены. Это было для Элис горькой пилюлей - ведь она всегда так гордилась своей особо нежной дружбой с Элинор Уэзерби...

For Lockheed, already reeling under its own troubles, it was a bitter pill indeed. (‘Newsweek’) — Для корпорации "Локхид", шатавшейся под тяжестью собственных трудностей, банкротство фирмы "Роллс-Ройс" было поистине горькой пилюлей.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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