silly pill
noun1
Humorous A hypothetical pill that makes those who take it behave in a silly manner.
- You're all wound up today! Who gave you the silly pill?
- They need to take a silly pill from time to time, and just let themselves get down on their children's level.2003, Thomas Kinkade with Nanette Kinkade and Larry Libby, The Many Loves of Parenting, page 133:
2 more examples
- The Republican Party must have taken a silly pill to think it will continue to have support from veterans and retirees while relentlessly assaulting ...2004 January 9, Colorado Springs Gazette:
- This wildly inventive piece of social satire may go down like a big old silly pill. But after the madness and mayhem, "Meds" leaves an acidic aftertaste.2007 November 9, “THEATER REVIEW: Laughs help bitter meds go down”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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