sugarcoat

1. (transitive)To coat with sugar.

   anzuckern, verzuckern

   заса́харитьzasáxaritʹ, запу́дритьzapúdritʹ, глазирова́тьglazirovátʹ

   coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

2. (figuratively, transitive)To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.

   There's no way to sugarcoat the loss of the space shuttle; it was an unmitigated disaster.

   beschönigen, schönreden

   смягча́тьsmjaxčátʹ, сгла́живатьsgláživatʹ, скра́шиватьskrášivatʹ

1. I'm not going to sugarcoat it.

   deIch werd’s nicht schönreden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Don't sugarcoat it.

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3. I like that you don't sugarcoat anything.

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4. He isn't the kind of guy to sugarcoat the truth for anyone.

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5. She doesn't sugarcoat anything.

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