magic bullet
Frequency: 6.910.3 per million words
figurative: a simple solution to a complex problem
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Examples (10)
- Many people are searching for a magic bullet to solve climate change.
- There is no magic bullet for economic recession; it requires a multi-faceted approach.
- While the new drug is effective, it's not a magic bullet for all patients.
- The CEO warned the team not to expect a single marketing campaign to be a magic bullet for their sales slump.
- Standardized testing was once seen as a magic bullet for school reform, but its flaws are now apparent.
- He realized that there was no magic bullet for losing weight; it just took consistent diet and exercise.
- Are you really suggesting that this new software is the magic bullet our company has been waiting for?
- They had hoped the peace treaty would be a magic bullet, but underlying tensions remained.
- If we could find a magic bullet to end poverty, the world would be a much better place.
- The belief in a technological magic bullet often ignores the human element of the problem.