a negative event, a loss, a painful experience Divorce is a bitter pill for her. She believed in her marriage.angry and/or sad: "He flaked on me so I'm a little bitter"[See the bitter end][See a bitter pill]Idiom[s]: bitter pill to swallow
Theme: DISPLEASURE
an unpleasant fact that has to be accepted.• It was a bitter pill for her brother to swallow when she married his enemy.• We found his deception a bitter pill to swallow. n. Something hard to accept; disappointment. Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for him.Idiom[s]: take the bitter with the sweet
Theme: ACCEPTANCE
to accept the bad things along with the good things.• We all have disappointments. You have to learn to take the bitter with the sweet.• There are good days and bad days, but every day you take the bitter with the sweet. That's life. the end of a long struggle, the end of a difficult time On a ranch you work till a job is done. You stay till the bitter end.Idiom[s]: to the bitter end
Theme: ENDINGS
to the very end. [Originally nautical. This originally had nothing to do with bitterness.]• I kept trying to the bitter end.• It took me a long time to get through school, but I worked hard at it all the way to the bitter end. adv. phr. To the point of completion or conclusion. Used especially of a very painful or unpleasant task or experience. Although Mrs. Smith was bored by the lecture, she stayed to the bitter end. They knew the war would be lost, but the men fought to the bitter end.
Từ: bitter
/'bitə/
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tính từ
đắng
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cay đắng, chua xót, đau đớn; đau khổ, thảm thiết
bitter disappointment
sự thất vọng cay đắng
bitter tears
những giọt nước mắt đau khổ
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chua cay, gay gắt; ác liệt, quyết liệt
bitter sarcasm
lời chế nhạo chua cay
bitter remark
lời phê bình gay gắt
ví dụ khác
bitter fighting
sự đánh nhau ác liệt
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rét buốt [thời tiết, gió...]
bitter wind
gió rét buốt
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điều đắng cay [điều tủi nhục] phải chịu đựng
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danh từ
vị đắng
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nỗi đắng cay
the bitters of life
những nỗi đắng cay của cuộc đời
to take the bitter with the sweet
phải chịu những nỗi đắng cay cùng với những sự ngọt bùi ở đời
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[sinh vật học] rượu bia đắng [[cũng] bitter beer] rượu thuốc apxin
Cụm từ/thành ngữ
bitter as gall [worm wood, aloes]
đắng như mật, đắng như bồ bòn
a bitter pill to swallow
viên thuốc đắng phải uống
to the bitte rend
cho đến cùng
Từ gần giống