boire le calice jusqu'à la lie

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwaʁ lə ka.lis ʒys.k‿a la li/

Verb

boire le calice jusqu’à la lie

  1. (figuratively) to go through an unmitigatedly unpleasant experience, to see something through to the bitter end, to swallow a bitter pill