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
Seppo (1)	SEP-po (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Sava	-	Serbian, Bulgarian
Mao (2)	MAW	Limburgish
Panagiotakis	-	Greek
Cedar	SEE-dər	English (Rare)
Kazimir	kah-zee-MEER (Russian)	Russian, Medieval Slavic