| Cotterill admitted that seeing the game snatched from his side's grasp with extra time looming was a bitter pill to swallow. |
| This is a bitter pill to swallow after we had played so well since the new year, but we will be back. |
| I swallowed my first bitter pill from this beastly industry, and have certainly learned a valuable lesson. |
| Many have swallowed the bitter pill and tried again, often with salutiferous effects. |
| Defeat in this game was a bitter pill to swallow for all concerned, players, mentors and supporters because it should not have happened. |
| To score 17 points in a game, and still lose, is a very bitter pill to swallow. |
