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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down » Search a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down on Amazon!   Search a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down on Google!
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow. 
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An example of a term before the term was coined. Describing a term used anachronistically. 
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Heavy baggage; women and children. Also a familiar epithet for a woman; as, cunning baggage, wanton baggage, &c. 
bank night » Search bank night on Amazon!   Search bank night on Google!
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning. 
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A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term. 
boot camp » Search boot camp on Amazon!   Search boot camp on Google!
Any short, intensive course of training. 
boot camp » Search boot camp on Amazon!   Search boot camp on Google!
Indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps. 
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An ironic appellation for beer, junk food, or other foods implied to be unhealthy. 
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For example, it's quite common for magazines to have a section called Bouquets and Brickbats for compliments and criticisms. 
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An example that illustrates a point. 
cat's meow » Search cat's meow on Amazon!   Search cat's meow on Google!
A highly sought-after and fancy example of something. 
cat's pyjamas » Search cat's pyjamas on Amazon!   Search cat's pyjamas on Google!
A highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects. 
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A political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected. 
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To bite the bit, especially when restless. 
champ at the bit » Search champ at the bit on Amazon!   Search champ at the bit on Google!
To show impatience or frustration when delayed. 
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