coating

sugarcoat (something)

To say, explain, or present something in a manner that is easier to accept, understand, cope with, or endure. Don't sugarcoat it for me, Doc—is my wife going to make it? My grandmother was never one to sugarcoat her criticisms. If she thought you had messed up, she would tell you in no uncertain terms.

sugar-coat the pill

To make something bad, unpleasant, or dissatisfactory easier to cope with, endure, or accept. The bosses are giving everyone an extra 10% bonus this Christmas, but I suspect it's a way of sugar-coating the pill that there will be massive pay cuts in January. I have to tell my mom about wrecking her car, but I need to find a way to sugar-coat the pill first.

词组	coating
释义	coating sugarcoat (something) To say, explain, or present something in a manner that is easier to accept, understand, cope with, or endure. Don't sugarcoat it for me, Doc—is my wife going to make it? My grandmother was never one to sugarcoat her criticisms. If she thought you had messed up, she would tell you in no uncertain terms. See also: sugarcoat sugar-coat the pill To make something bad, unpleasant, or dissatisfactory easier to cope with, endure, or accept. The bosses are giving everyone an extra 10% bonus this Christmas, but I suspect it's a way of sugar-coating the pill that there will be massive pay cuts in January. I have to tell my mom about wrecking her car, but I need to find a way to sugar-coat the pill first. See also: pill Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: sugarcoat sugarcoat (something) sugarcoated sweeten the pill sugar-coat the pill bear the sight of (someone or something) not stand the sight of (someone or something) take (something) lying down take lying down take something lying down References in periodicals archive Self-contained in-mold coating system for SMC incorporates metering and pumping components for injection of liquid coating material. Decorating, printing, finishing systems There are a number of specialist companies involved in DLC coatings, many as suppliers to race engine manufacturers who adopted this technology a few years ago. Coatings to improve performance However, these coatings may cost more, something that grocery stores find difficult to pass on to customers. Unwelcome wax: the presence of waxed corrugated boxes continues to muddy the paper recycling stream Like the coating measurements, three th icknesses were measured to determine both thermal conductivity of the material and interfacial thermal resistance between the specimen and sensor plates. Thermal conductivity measurement of an electron-beam physical-vapor-deposition coating Although short-term laboratory tests can give reliable information on a coating's long-term performance (which can also be backed up with field experience), an accurate prediction is impossible. The Use of Coatings In Rehabilitating North America's Aging Pipeline Infrastructure Powder coatings contain no solvents and release no volatile organic compounds (VOC) into the environment. Powder Coatings Break Into Wood Furniture Market The company's new umbrella brand of powder coatings for heat-sensitive substrates such as MDF is especially created for designers and furniture makers. Jotun launches 1st furniture powder coating Professional Coatings opted for its preferred method of metal spraying the railings and supports with zinc, rather than hot dip galvanise before powder coating, as the Metallisation process enables a superior final powder coat finish in comparison to a hot dip galvanised base coat. Professional choice: metal spraying is now an option at Professional Coatings Ltd In a slot die coating operation, a wide and uniform liquid film can be delivered close to the moving web. Comparison of vertical and horizontal slot die coatings 10, 2006 New York Times magazine's "Year of Ideas" was a coating manufactured by Nissan. Savvy skins: researchers pour new functions into coatings In the absence of a satisfactory, ready-made mold coating, older research was consulted to determine that boron nitride might be a suitable material. Developing coatings for Mg: a permanent mold coating traditionally used with aluminum has been optimized for use with magnesium A new coating for wood products is being heralded by Grant Forest Products as a "big breakthrough" for the OSB (Oriented Strand Board) producer now ramping up production at its new $20-million coated structural board mill in Earleton. Grant opens a new wood coating division Developed by Nano Coating Systems LLC of Fremont, Calif., the system applies a silicon oxide coating only 15 nanometers thick inside a blow molded bottle at a cost of less than $6/1000 bottles. Plasma barrier coating brings cost advantages APPLICATION: A confocal laser scanning microscope with the new fluorescence stain technique can show the three-dimensional distribution of a coating binder. Summaries of February 2006 peer-reviewed papers
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