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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.
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all roads lead to Rome »
different paths can take one to the same goal
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burn one's bridges »
To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc.
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cold fish »
A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
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cross paths »
August 5 2004, SFGate.com.
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cross paths »
To be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys.
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cross someone's path »
To meet by chance.
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cry someone a river »
To try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.
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cry the blues »
To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation.
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dead end »
A path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
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faith will move mountains »
Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.
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feel for »
To express sympathy for, to sympathise with.
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follow in someone's footsteps »
To follow the same path as someone.
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have a heart »
To be kind or sympathetic; to treat others kindly.
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holding pattern »
A path taken by an aircraft waiting to land.
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