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sure cure
Idioms and Phrases
A remedy that won't fail, as in Hard work is a sure cure for brooding . Originating in the late 1800s as an advertising slogan ( Dr. Keck's Sure Cure for Catarrh ; first recorded in 1881), this rhyming phrase was soon extended to other matters.Example Sentences
Also, grading is not a sure cure for leakage problems; water may be penetrating your basement from places that originate far away from your house.
The Paramount picture The Next Corner, despite its cast of Conway Tearle, Dorothy Mackaill, Lon Chaney, and others of equal note, is “about as poor a production as anyone would want to stay away from.” … a sure cure for insomnia.
Though there is no sure cure for jet lag, prevention can make a difference in the severity of symptoms.
Being around him is a sure cure for feeling sorry for yourself.
Dr. Mills emphasized that although there is still no sure cure for Peyronie’s disease, therapy often lessens the problem.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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