sugar the pill
使不愉快的事变得较易接受
释义：
to make something bad seem less unpleasant 使不愉快的事变得较易接受，也可以说成 sugar the medicine 或 sweeten the pill
例句：
Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation.
The government stopped wage increases but sugared the pill by reducing taxes.
