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sticking plaster
noun
An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds
Exact(60)
Anything else is sticking plaster.
"This is a sticking plaster.
It's a short term sticking plaster solution.
Was that a sticking plaster we saw before us?
They are just left with bits of sticking plaster".
In other words, 'revenge bombing' of Syria would be little more than a sticking plaster.
Generally, apprentice schemes are regarded as sticking plaster to hide deeper problems.
But it would at least be a handy piece of sticking plaster.
We should be discussing the underlying problems, rather than sticking plaster solutions".
It's no good having a sticking plaster solution as the plaster is not holding".
The concession that some part-time students are now eligible for loans is a sticking plaster.
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