band-aid treatment

band-aid treatment

A method of covering up a problem superficially or temporarily, rather than resolving it completely. A reference to the Band-Aid brand of adhesive bandages. Sometimes capitalized. Honestly, I think this is just a Band-Aid treatment—we need to work harder and find a real solution.
See also: treatment
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bandaid
  • band-aid
  • band-aid solution
  • solution
  • skim through
  • skim through (something)
  • on the face of it
  • band-aid approach/solution
  • be strapped for cash
  • boo-boo
References in periodicals archive
There is a concern that DBT is "a narrow, Band-Aid treatment for a deep disturbance.