gild the pill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

en-au-gild the pill.ogg

gild the pill gilds the pill gilding the pill gilded the pill

Supposedly from an old pharmaceutical practice of coating bitter tasting pills with a thin layer of metal (see bitter pill).

sugarcoat the pill

put lipstick on a pig

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