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sticking plaster
noun
- an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
sticking plaster
noun
- a thin cloth with an adhesive substance on one side, used for covering slight or superficial wounds Usual US termadhesive tape
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Origin of sticking plaster1
Example Sentences
Shadow transport secretary Gareth Bacon described the government's announcement as a "pothole sticking plaster".
His finance spokesman Sam Rowlands said the budget was "merely a sticking plaster over the problems that far too many people face in Wales".
"Teachers have been putting sticking plasters on education for too long," she said.
Six months ago, you were elected on a platform that promised an end to short-term sticking plaster solutions.
But Andy Burrows, head of the Molly Rose Foundation, called the announcement "a belated, reactive and completely unsatisfactory response" which he said "seems like a sticking plaster fix to their fundamental safety issues".
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