sugarcoat the pill
face up
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
soothe
relax
drop someone in it
alleviation
relief
easement
easing
endure
annoy
tranquilizing
make do and mend
creep out
get on someone's bad side
twist the knife
kick a dog when it's down
quiet down
cheer up
incommode
rustle someone's jimmies
fettle
lift up
quieten down
steel oneself against
on the receiving end
every cloud has a silver lining
prepare for
brace oneself for
hose down
steel oneself for
lighten
minnock
face the music
oppress
yassify
put up a show
heated
baby
corner
emollient
make the best of a bad job
snarl
propitiate
sugar
snooker
play off
harsh one's mellow
stomach
put up
assuage
stand
digest
stick out
support
brook
suffer
whistle past the graveyard
pour oil on troubled waters
turn to
abirritant
tolerate
bear
abide
nuisance value
nerve
smooth someone's feathers
ill turn
awkwardness
ill service
keep one's head
tranquillising
live down
swallow a bitter pill
tranquillizing
disservice
calmen
tranquilising
ataractic
benevolence
dulcify
gnawingly
withering
sedative
steel
induratize
make a nuisance of oneself
ataraxic
freak out
batten down
joke
nicen
set off
bring down
sit right
sweeten
unruffle