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
Susumu	soo-soo-moo	Japanese
Marciane	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Paulo	-	Portuguese, Galician
Saturn	SA-tərn (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Gertruda	ger-TRUW-dah (Polish)	Polish, Czech
Pyrrhos	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek