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
Anona	-	English
Salomea	sah-law-ME-ah	Polish
Swanhild	-	German
Volos	-	Slavic Mythology
Mirza	-	Persian, Arabic, Bosnian
Matko	-	Croatian