take the bitter with the sweet
To accept positive things with negative thingsTo accept positive things with negative things.
» You took your sweet time.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To accept positive things with negative things.
Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us a year to pay it back in.
Examples
6 sentencesYou took your sweet time.
Tom took a sweet from the bag.
ruТом достал из сумки конфетку. — Wezel
deTom nahm ein Bonbon aus der Tüte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom took a sweet out of the bag.
deTom nahm ein Bonbon aus der Tüte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My son took a sweet from the box.
ruМой сын взял конфету из коробки. — Arkadeko
deMein Sohn hat ein Bonbon aus der Dose genommen. — MUIRIEL
Leon took out his bag of sweets.
Forms
takes the bitter with the sweet, taking the bitter with the sweet, took the bitter with the sweet, taken the bitter with the sweet| Base form | take the bitter with the sweet · to take the bitter with the sweet |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes the bitter with the sweet |
| Present participle | taking the bitter with the sweet |
| Past simple | took the bitter with the sweet |
| Past participle | taken the bitter with the sweet |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | take the bitter with the sweet |
| he, she, it | takes the bitter with the sweet |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | took the bitter with the sweet |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have taken the bitter with the sweet |
| he, she, it | has taken the bitter with the sweet |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will take the bitter with the sweet |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.