band-aid approach/solution
band-aid approach/solution
A stopgap measure, a temporary expedient. This term applies the trade name for a small bandage, the Band-Aid, patented in 1924, to approaching or solving an issue in a makeshift way. It dates from the late 1960s and is approaching cliché status.
See also: approach, solution
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- band-aid solution
- solution
- bandaid
- band-aid
- band-aid treatment
- booboo
- boo-boo
- bandage up
- good to go
- good-to-go