horse pill
horse pill · horse pills
A medicinal pill which is very large in size and is therefore difficult for a person…A medicinal pill which is very large in size and is therefore difficult for a person to swallow.
» There's so many people taking horse pills that there's no room in the ER for gunshot victims.
Meaning
3 senses(humorous, idiomatic, mildly, sometimes)A medicinal pill which is very large in size and is therefore difficult for a person to swallow.
(broadly, idiomatic)A fact, proposal, claim, etc. that is difficult to accept or believe.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse, pill: a pill for horses, sometimes a large one.
Examples
1 sentencesThere's so many people taking horse pills that there's no room in the ER for gunshot victims.
Forms
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Synonyms
1 synonymsfact, proposal, claim, etc that is difficult to accept or believe:hard pill to swallow