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Old July 22, 2011, 06:09 AM
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Tragarse todos los sapos

Does this mean a bitter pill to swallow?
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Old July 22, 2011, 07:10 AM
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I think so. It hasn't to do specifically with accepting some ugly facts but with being forced to do something very unpleasant, or inevitable actions one does unwillingly.

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"Carlota, su mujer, se había quedado de una pieza. Sabía que la estructura piramidal del Régimen les impedía contraatacar. Apenas si conocían a nadie en Madrid, donde, por si fuera poco, les tacharían de catalanistas. No había más remedio que tragarse el sapo y ver la estrategia de don Juan, quien de un momento a otro se trasladaría de Lausana a Estoril, desde donde lanzaría un manifiesto."

Los hombres lloran solos, Jose María Gironella, 1986, España
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También en italiano existe la expresión, traducida literalmente, para tragarse el sapo: ingoiare il rospo. No se usa la forma reflexiva como en castellano.
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