red pill
To enable a person to overcome illusion and thus to perceive harsher realityTo enable a person to overcome (what the speaker or writer believes to be) illusion and thus to perceive harsher reality.
» Take two of these red pills.
Nimm zwei von diesen roten Tabletten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Nehmen Sie zwei von diesen roten Tabletten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Nehmt zwei von diesen roten Tabletten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(informal, intransitive, transitive)To enable a person to overcome (what the speaker or writer believes to be) illusion and thus to perceive harsher reality.
(intransitive, slang, transitive)To cause someone to believe in gynocentrism in modern society.
Examples
4 sentencesTake two of these red pills.
deNimm zwei von diesen roten Tabletten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?
ruТы примешь красную таблетку или синюю? — Selena777
deNimmst du die rote Tablette oder die blaue? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The researcher said that taking the red pill would send him to another universe.
"Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?" "I think I'll just go home."
ru«Ты возьмёшь красную таблетку или синюю?» — «Думаю, я просто пойду домой». — Wezzel
de„Nimmst du die rote oder die blaue Pille?“ – „Ich glaube, ich gehe einfach nach Hause.“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtuFrom a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life.
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Forms
red pills, red pilling, red pilled, red pilled| Base form | red pill · to red pill |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | red pills |
| Present participle | red pilling |
| Past simple | red pilled |
| Past participle | red pilled |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle