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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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bull's eye »
sweet
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Cold hands, warm heart; Dirty feet, no sweetheart! »
A few old timer's "fun" way to compliment a lady & to find out if she could be courted.
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forbidden fruit is the sweetest »
Forbidden things have more worthwhile short-term consequences.
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lemon drop »
boiled sweet
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redolent »
Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
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sweet dreams »
Phrase said to someone before they fall asleep, wishing them a good sleep.
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sweet hereafter »
Heaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
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sweet tooth »
A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.
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sweet william »
flower
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sweeten the pot »
To increase a wager.
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sweeten the pot »
To make something more desirable.
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sweetheart deal »
A transaction, contract, or other agreement in which one party provides particularly favorable terms to the other, especially in suspicious circumstances.
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