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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.

arm and a leg »    A relatively high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price.

armed forces »    The Services

at one's beck and call »    In servitude to; at one’s command.

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

balance the books »    To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.

bang straw »    A nick name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer.

banyan day »    In British naval tradition, this originally referred to a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.

baptism by fire »    A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis.

basket case »    One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress.

be at one's beck and call »    To be in the position of serving someone in any way they desire, usually unwillingly.

boot camp »    Indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps.

brain surgery »    Surgery on any part of the nervous system, especially the brain; neurosurgery.

brass-necked »    Nervy; cheeky; shameless.

bread and butter »    That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.

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