the bitter truth

And the bitter truth is, you don't use them!

和痛苦的事实是，你不再使用它们！

As Europe awakens from its narcotic spell, the bitter truth is that very few of the strategic motivations for the formation of the single currency have been fulfilled.

随着欧洲从麻醉的魔咒中苏醒，它如今面临的苦涩事实是，当初建立单一货币的战略性动机极少已经实现了。

But the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.

但我们评论家得面对难堪的事实，就是以价值而言——我们的评论，可能根本比不上我们大肆批评的渺小事物！