silver bullet
Frequency: 7.110.6 per million words
figurative: a simple solution to a complex problem
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Examples (10)
- There is no silver bullet that can solve all our economic problems at once.
- The management team is looking for a silver bullet to boost sales, but the market is too complex.
- He warned the public that the new vaccine was not a silver bullet against the pandemic.
- Many people mistakenly believe that technology is a silver bullet for society's deepest issues.
- In education, there is no silver bullet; continuous improvement is the only way forward.
- Did anyone really think that a single new policy would be the silver bullet for unemployment?
- The investors hoped the acquisition would be a silver bullet, but it only created more integration challenges.
- A simple change in diet is not a silver bullet for chronic health conditions.
- We must stop searching for a silver bullet and start addressing the root causes of the problem.
- The idea of a silver bullet is appealing, but complex problems usually require comprehensive, long-term solutions.