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Idiom idiom

band-aid solution


A temporary or inadequate solution.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

This tape is just a band-aid solution for your broken chair.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager offered a band-aid solution to the staffing crisis, but the team knew the underlying problems would return.

COMPLEX

By focusing solely on symptoms rather than systemic failures, the government implemented a band-aid solution that failed to address the root of the economic instability.


Related idioms2entries
  1. 01

    put a band-aid on a bullet wound

    To inadequately treat a serious situation.

  2. 02

    rip off the band-aid

    To perform a painful or unpleasant, but necessary, action quickly so as to minimize the pain or fear associated with it.

Last updated August 10, 2026