sugar-coat in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for sugar-coat in the English»Italian Dictionary

sugar-coat [Brit, Am ˈʃʊɡərˌkoʊt] VB trans

1. sugar-coat (cover with sugar):

sugar-coat

rivestire di zucchero

2. sugar-coat (make agreeable):

sugar-coat fig

addolcire

sugar-coat fig

inzuccherare

Translations for sugar-coat in the Italian»English Dictionary

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inzuccherare

to sugarcoat

dorare la pillola a qn

to sugarcoat the pill for sb Am

sugar-coat in the PONS Dictionary

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dorare la pillola

to sugarcoat the pill

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English

I appreciated the fact that they didn't sugar-coat that moment.

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Yet she refuses to sugar-coat what she saw.

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The report does not seek to sugar-coat the tough decisions that must be taken to adequately fund the third-level sector.

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Constantly in tears, she tries to sugar-coat it.

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I'm not going to sugar-coat it, there have been issues, but we're dealing with them...

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There's no way to sugar-coat it: many of our readers have harsh words for junior doctors.

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All too often, football clubs attempt to sugar-coat an unpleasant message or ignore a difficult situation in the hope that awkward questions will simply disappear.

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There's no way to sugar-coat the gravity of their problem.

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But if you only tell people nice stuff and sugar-coat everything, you won't have reflected their actual state.

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I'm not going to sugar-coat it, and the boys wouldn't want me to.

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