sticking plaster
(informal, idiomatic) An inadequate solution to a serious problem.
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(informal, idiomatic) An inadequate solution to a serious problem.
As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same dark squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years’ War, and just escaped from it with a sticking-plaster sh…
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(NZ, British) An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds.
As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same dark squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years’ War, and just escaped from it with a sticking-plaster sh…
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(countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
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(informal, idiomatic, Australia, Canada, US, Philippines) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A sticking plaster (adhesive bandage) or medical dressing; a band-aid.
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(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.