Translation for ' je me ferais dorer la pilule'

Question

what does 'je me ferais dorer la pilule' mean?

I tried google translate, DeepL Translate and bing translate, all gave me something about 'brown the pill', which just doesn't make sense. I am guessing, it means sunbathing.

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Hi Helena, 
Here is my answer to the same question posed by Lisa -
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/questions/view/question-on-example-with-se-faire-dorer-la-pilule

Jim Jones · Answer

Hi Helena,I think that you are correct.   To get a tan / bask in the sun. (Having something bronzed  --   a causative faire construction)It could also refer to making something a bit easier to accept in the sense of "sugar coating the pill" Alan (Jim)

Jill Stoner · Answer

I think it is a colloquialism meaning something like 'icing on the cake.'  literally 'gilding the pill'