gild the pill

To make something unpleasant seem appealing. I knew that my daughter was not going to be happy to go the doctor, so I gilded the pill by reminding her about all the toys that are in the office.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kristine	kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German
Leelo	-	Estonian
Ratan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Ilinka	-	Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
MichaËL	-	Dutch, French
Tierney	TEER-nee	Irish, English (Rare)