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.