gild the pill
verbEtymology
Supposedly from an old pharmaceutical practice of coating bitter tasting pills with a thin layer of metal (see bitter pill).
Definitions
Synonym of sugarcoat the pill.
- For he who'd make his fellow-creatures wise / Should always gild the philosophic pill!
- The chemists who first gilded the pill now sit on the Front Opposition Bench.
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