A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations


sweeten the pill • sweeten the pot



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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

sweeten the pill • sweeten the pot
sweeten the pill —(also: sugar the pill) make smth. bad seem
suffer from a cold
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less unpleasant : The government have cut income tax to
sweeten the pill of a tough budget.
sweeten the pot—(also: sweeten the kitty) make smth. more
attractive, especially financially: Reviving the village’s coop-
erative will sweeten the pot, and encourage more women to
become involved.
swell-head • thick-head
swell-head —(coll.) 
1
. self-conceit: Lord, but young Gourlay
was the fine fellow! Symptoms of swell-head set in with alarm-
ing rapidity. 2. a conceited person: As for the present directory,
they’re all a pack of damned swell-heads.
thick-head —(coll.) smb. who is dull of intellect: I wasn’t
very good at school and left supremely unqualified for any-
thing and totally convinced I was a thickhead.
swim like a duck • swim like a tailor’s goose
swim like a duck —(also: swim like a fish) be a good swimmer:
Molly could swim like a duck, and quite covered herself with
glory by diving off the pier.
swim like a tailor’s goose —be unable to swim: If he at -
tempted to swim, it would be like a tailor’s goose, straight to
the bottom.
swim with the fishes • swim with the sharks
swim with the fishes —(Underworld) be murdered and have
the body disposed of, often in a body of water (also: sleep with
the fishes): Most people have a family member who is connected
to organized crime or “swims with the fishes” because of their
connections.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase swim like a fish—(also: swim like a duck) be a good
swimmer: He swims like a fish, loves horses, wants to start a
stud farm…
swim with the sharks —take a huge risk operating among
dangerous people: Tired of trial and error, I have ceased to
swim with the sharks for my dating games. I managed to find
a relatively normal guy, who’s also a creative sort.

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