a tough pill to swallow

Something, especially a fact or piece of news, that is unpleasant or difficult but which is unavoidable or must be accepted. It was a tough pill to swallow learning that my father's fortune had been squandered. Her recent breakup with Janet was a tough pill to swallow.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Samad	-	Arabic
SamİR	-	Azerbaijani
Paulina	[pɔ:'li:nə]
Imran	-	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Bengali
Tase	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Aeron (2)	-	Welsh Mythology