A bitter pill to swallow

一颗难以吞咽的苦药丸

Learning English Conversations

2016-01-05

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When a situation is hard to accept, what do you say? This phrase could be for you
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  • I'm Fei Fei, and joining me today is Rob.

  • Hello, everybody.

  • Fei Fei, are you okay?

  • You don't sound as cheerful as normal.

  • Oh, I feel terrible today.

  • I've got a headache.

  • I feel really tired.

  • I think I'm developing flu.

  • I'm going to take these paracetamol tablets.

  • Hold on.

  • Fei Fei, are you sure you're getting flu?

  • This hasn't got anything to do with that job promotion that you didn't get?

  • Of course not.

  • Well, maybe a little.

  • I know you wanted that promotion so much, but Daisy got it instead, didn't she?

  • Exactly.

  • And I've been working here much longer than her, and I have loads more experience.