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An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, →ISBN, page 11, If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From the Sherman Brothers' 1964 song "A Spoonful of Sugar".
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
lidt sukker i skeen, hvis din medicin er sur
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
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Finnish:
lääkkeen karvaan sä sokerilla makeaksi saat
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
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French:
un morceau de sucre aide la médecine à couler
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
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German:
ein Löffelchen voll Zucker bittre Medizin versüßt
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
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Icelandic:
smá sykur hjálpar til við að halda lækninum frá
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
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Italian:
un poco di zucchero la pillola va giù
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
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Spanish:
un poquito de azúcar toda purga endulzará
— An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant.
