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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »    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.

ahead of the game »    Having completed a task before it is due; ready, prepared, or anticipating.

all set »    Ready; prepared.

at the ready »    Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.

back office »    The IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business.

back up »    For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.

batten down the hatches »    Prepare for trouble.

bench jockey »    A baseball term for a player, coach or manager who is annoying and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench with verbal repartee.

better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all »    Having experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.

break out »    To separate from a bundle.

break up »    To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.

break up »    To break or separate into pieces.

break up »    To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.

calling card »    A prepaid card or credit card, usually electronically readable, used to pay the charges when making a telephone call.

caught with one's pants down »    Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation.

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