a bitter pill to swallow

Translations
горькая пилюля
Losing the championship was a bitter pill to swallow for the team.
Потеря чемпионата была горькой пилюлей для команды.
Definitions
A difficult or unpleasant situation or fact that one must accept, often because it is necessary or unavoidable.
Words
a

article or possessive pronoun
одна
bitter

adjective
горькая
pill

noun
таблетка
to

preposition
частица инфинитива
swallow

verb
проглотить