bitter pill

Yet, this is a bitter pill to swallow for many, given Pakistan contributes less than 1% of the global greenhouse gas emissions.

It may be a bitter pill for Ukraine to swallow, but what it all suggests is a meeting of minds between the leaders of the two great powers involved: Russia and the United States.

For Kyiv, such a concession would be a bitter pill to swallow.

The disparities that made equal representation such a bitter pill for them to swallow have only deepened since the Constitution was written.

He described the the outcome as "a bitter pill to swallow", although was awarded just over £1,650 on the grounds that his relationship with the lender was unfair.