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sugar-coat something
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to make bad news sound better than it really is
Most often negative: 'I won't sugar-coat it'. Also written 'sugarcoat'.
In context
I won't sugar-coat it: the company is losing money fast.
The doctor didn't sugar-coat the diagnosis, which I actually appreciated.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support