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Meaning of take the bitter with the sweet | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To accept positive things with negative things.

idiomatic

Examples

“Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us a year to pay it back in.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

take the bread out of someone's mouth take the Browns to the Super Bowl take the bull by the horns take the cake take the chair take the chill off