Engkish Idioms : This is a hard pill to swallow Dialogue Jessie: I've been meaning to paint the shed all summer, but I keep letting it ride. Rebecca: Why is the delay? Unless you take action soon, it’s going to run down and collapse in a few days. Jessie: I’m just in no mood to lift a finger. I just feel lonely and this is a hard pill to swallow. Rebecca: Oh, poor Jessie. Your recent break-up must have ruined you. Jessie: On top of that I’m getting more and more absent-minded. Yesterday I had a near miss. I was almost hit by a truck. Rebecca: That’s awful. Vocabulary Let it ride: take no immediate action over something. Take action: do something to achieve an aim or deal with a problem. Run down: gradually deteriorate (or cause to deteriorate) in quality. In no mood to do something: not feeling like doing or experiencing something. A hard pill to swallow: something that is difficult to accept. Break-up: the end of a relationship. On top of that: In addition to; besides. Absent-minded: (adj) distracted; forgetful or inattentive A near miss: a narrowly avoided collision or other accident.