Sugar coat Simon never sugar coated his criticism towards his employees.Lawrence sugar-coated his review on the new Romance movie because he was being paid under the table by the director. It is hard to sugar coat the Queen's speech since she had a cold.Definition: To make something seem more pleasant.Etymology: When you coat food that tastes bland or bad with sugar.***糖衣 粉饰 美化All the good memories have actually been sugar-coated by people who hold things or people dearly to themselves. 所有美好的记忆其实都被美化了.Artistic works either sugar coat or demonize the reality. 艺术作品不是粉饰就是丑化现实.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Stack the deck against Andrew was depressed at not getting promoted at work, and thought someone had stacked the deck against him.The company president stacked the deck so that his sycophant would get promoted.Annie thought the college had stacked the deck against her since she worked very hard on her application and still did not get in.Definition: To arrange things against someone or something.Etymology: It is derived from playing cards. Stacking the deck requires arranging cards to be dealt out to one's advantage.***做局 布局 算计He never reflected about his own mistakes and stubbornly believed that someone had stacked the deck against him. 他从不反省自己的错误,总认为有人做局跟他作对.There are people who have special talent for stacking the deck against their rivals. Whenever I spotted one, I would try my best to avoid them. 有人特别擅长做局(算计别人),如果发现,我尽量会躲开他们.