First, the source and meaning of idioms

Hard to swallow comes from the biography of Han Xiongnu. It originated in Ma Yuan seeking peace, and added a lot of spices to Attila's mutton, which made Ma Yuan unable to eat. Finally, he crustily skin of head ate goat meat and laughed at the Huns' eating habits. Since then, the idiom "difficult to swallow" has been widely used, which vividly and appropriately describes the food that is difficult to swallow and unacceptable.

Second, relevant examples

This dish tastes so bad that I can hardly swallow it.

The service in this restaurant is so bad that the food is hard to swallow.

This song is really hard to listen to and swallow.

It's really hard for me to see that pile of rubbish. It's almost hard to swallow

This kind of thing is really uncomfortable, just like eating something that is hard to swallow.

Third, related allusions.

The hard-to-swallow allusion is that when Ma Yuan met Attila, because the goat mutton provided by Attila was too bad and the spices were very fragrant, Ma Yuan could not swallow it after eating it, but he still crustily skin of head laughed at the Huns' eating habits. This incident was passed down as a much-told story, and became an idiom to describe unpalatable and unacceptable food.

Fourth, words and idioms related to "difficult to swallow"

Hard to swallow: the word is close to "hard to swallow", which also means that food is hard to swallow.

Tastes like chewing wax: another way to describe food that is difficult to swallow.

Same as the last one: similar to "tastes like chewing wax", indicating that the food is difficult to swallow.

Extremely earthy: describe food that is earthy but not delicious.

Cann't eat: it means similar to "difficult to swallow", which means that food is difficult to swallow.

Difficult to swallow is a vivid idiom, which can well express the meaning that food is difficult to swallow and unacceptable. In addition to the above words and idioms, we can also use other words to describe food that is not delicious or delicious, such as: unpalatable, peculiar smell, improper processing and so on. , can express this meaning very well.

In daily life, we often use the idiom "hard to swallow" to describe the situation that food is not delicious or acceptable. In addition, this idiom can also be used to describe other bad things, such as unacceptable words and deeds, or disgusting things, and its scope of use is still relatively wide.