Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take the bitter with the sweet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: take the bit-ter with- the sweet
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To accept positive things with negative things.

Example Sentences

"Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us a year to pay it back in."

Inflected Forms

takes the bitter with the sweet (present, singular) taking the bitter with the sweet (participle, present) took the bitter with the sweet (past) taken the bitter with the sweet (participle, past)

Synonyms

take the rough with the smooth

Questions

What does take the bitter with the sweet mean?: To accept positive things with negative things.

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