Idiom
sticking plaster
Meaning
An inadequate solution to a serious problem.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A pay rise is just a sticking plaster for deeper issues.”
“The manager offered overtime as a sticking plaster, but everyone knew the team was badly understaffed.”
“The policy was denounced as a mere sticking plaster, temporarily concealing a wound that required fundamental surgery rather than superficial remedy.”
Examples
simple
“A pay rise is just a sticking plaster for deeper issues.”
contextual
“The manager offered overtime as a sticking plaster, but everyone knew the team was badly understaffed.”
complex
“The policy was denounced as a mere sticking plaster, temporarily concealing a wound that required fundamental surgery rather than superficial remedy.”
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