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
See also:
  • band-aid solution
  • solution
  • bandaid
  • band-aid
  • band-aid treatment
  • booboo
  • boo-boo
  • bandage up
  • good to go
  • good-to-go