📚 proverb • entry_id 45927
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
/ə ˈspuːnfəl əv ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)ˌhɛlps ðə ˈmɛdɪsɪn ɡoʊ ˌdaʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
un poquito de azúcar toda purga endulzará
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.
It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?
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 "bit…
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