Cure-all
noun
Something that is believed to resolve all problems or cure all diseases.
She treated the tonic as a cure-all, hoping it would make her feel better
Often appears as...
- miracle cure-all
- cure-all remedy
noun
Something that is believed to resolve all problems or cure all diseases.
She treated the tonic as a cure-all, hoping it would make her feel better
Often appears as...
- miracle cure-all
- cure-all remedy
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Overly Optimistic
Cure-all implies a naive belief that one solution can solve diverse, complex problems.
He called the new policy a cure-all, but it's not that simple.
Pro Tip 2/3Skepticism
When someone mentions a cure-all, they might be skeptical about its true effectiveness.
Is this product really a cure-all or just marketing hype?
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Cure-all is often used metaphorically, not just for medicines but for any 'solution'.
They think technology is a cure-all for educational challenges.
Pro Tip 1/3Overly Optimistic
Cure-all implies a naive belief that one solution can solve diverse, complex problems.
He called the new policy a cure-all, but it's not that simple.
Pro Tip 2/3Skepticism
When someone mentions a cure-all, they might be skeptical about its true effectiveness.
Is this product really a cure-all or just marketing hype?
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Cure-all is often used metaphorically, not just for medicines but for any 'solution'.
They think technology is a cure-all for educational challenges.
Pro Tip 1/3Overly Optimistic
Cure-all implies a naive belief that one solution can solve diverse, complex problems.
He called the new policy a cure-all, but it's not that simple.
Pro Tip 2/3Skepticism
When someone mentions a cure-all, they might be skeptical about its true effectiveness.
Is this product really a cure-all or just marketing hype?
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Cure-all is often used metaphorically, not just for medicines but for any 'solution'.
They think technology is a cure-all for educational challenges.
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Is it possible to lose...
to provide specific nutrients in high quantities. These can be useful for addressing some nutritional problems, but they’re far too specific to be used as general cure-alls. For example, for a person with low vitamin A, a juice diet might be helpful.
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These bacteria eat...
I think with some hard work this is an achievable reality. Plastic-eating bacteria is not a cure-all. But given the current statistics, it's clear that we humans, we could use a little help with this problem.
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Birth of the Vibrator PIPE...
technology one of the first five electric gadgets besides the sewing machine fan toaster and tea kettle was a plug in sexual stimulator the vibrator was a cure-all for a series of mysterious complaints
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Is it possible to lose...
to provide specific nutrients in high quantities. These can be useful for addressing some nutritional problems, but they’re far too specific to be used as general cure-alls. For example, for a person with low vitamin A, a juice diet might be helpful.
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These bacteria eat...
I think with some hard work this is an achievable reality. Plastic-eating bacteria is not a cure-all. But given the current statistics, it's clear that we humans, we could use a little help with this problem.
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Birth of the Vibrator PIPE...
technology one of the first five electric gadgets besides the sewing machine fan toaster and tea kettle was a plug in sexual stimulator the vibrator was a cure-all for a series of mysterious complaints
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Mark Manson
American Author
In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life's ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. And because we idealize love, we overestimate it. As a result, our relationships pay a price.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
People get married for a wide array of reasons and have all sorts of expectations of how marriage will change the relationship. And while it's true that turning the person you're dating into a legal partner does affect certain things, those who expect marriage to be a cure-all for all your relationship woes are sorely mistaken.
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Meghan Markle
American Actress
The one thing that I cannot live without when I'm traveling is a small container of tea tree oil. It's not the most glamorous thing, but if you get a cut, a mosquito bite, a small breakout, no matter what it is, it's my little cure-all. It's inexpensive, it's small enough to carry on, and I bring it with me all the time.
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Paul O'Grady
English Comedian
I make a wonderful cure-all called Four Thieves, just like my mum did. It's cider vinegar, 36 cloves of garlic and four herbs, representing four looters of plague victims' homes in 1665 who had their sentences reduced from burning at the stake to hanging for explaining the recipe that kept them from catching the plague.
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Kristen Soltis Anderson
American Writer
Often times, when we talk about improving our public schools, it is easy to come back to the question of money. Are schools basically fine, just underfunded? Millennials say no - more funding isn't the cure-all for what ails our schools.
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Aasif Mandvi
Indian Actor
That's the Indian in me - you must put spices on everything. As a kid, whenever we got sick, my mom would take milk and put turmeric in it. That was our medicine. That was the cure-all. Some people turn to Robitussin.
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Tom Steyer
American Businessman
Since the Reagan era, Republicans have prescribed cuts for rich people and corporations as a cure-all. But every time they put their theory into practice, the rich just get richer, and everyone else gets left behind.
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Josh Fox
American Director
Water is a cure-all. Water is everything. You can't get better without drinking lots of water, and you can't drink water unless it's clean.
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Mark Manson
American Author
In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life's ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. And because we idealize love, we overestimate it. As a result, our relationships pay a price.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
People get married for a wide array of reasons and have all sorts of expectations of how marriage will change the relationship. And while it's true that turning the person you're dating into a legal partner does affect certain things, those who expect marriage to be a cure-all for all your relationship woes are sorely mistaken.
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Meghan Markle
American Actress
The one thing that I cannot live without when I'm traveling is a small container of tea tree oil. It's not the most glamorous thing, but if you get a cut, a mosquito bite, a small breakout, no matter what it is, it's my little cure-all. It's inexpensive, it's small enough to carry on, and I bring it with me all the time.
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Paul O'Grady
English Comedian
I make a wonderful cure-all called Four Thieves, just like my mum did. It's cider vinegar, 36 cloves of garlic and four herbs, representing four looters of plague victims' homes in 1665 who had their sentences reduced from burning at the stake to hanging for explaining the recipe that kept them from catching the plague.
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Kristen Soltis Anderson
American Writer
Often times, when we talk about improving our public schools, it is easy to come back to the question of money. Are schools basically fine, just underfunded? Millennials say no - more funding isn't the cure-all for what ails our schools.
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Aasif Mandvi
Indian Actor
That's the Indian in me - you must put spices on everything. As a kid, whenever we got sick, my mom would take milk and put turmeric in it. That was our medicine. That was the cure-all. Some people turn to Robitussin.
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Tom Steyer
American Businessman
Since the Reagan era, Republicans have prescribed cuts for rich people and corporations as a cure-all. But every time they put their theory into practice, the rich just get richer, and everyone else gets left behind.
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Josh Fox
American Director
Water is a cure-all. Water is everything. You can't get better without drinking lots of water, and you can't drink water unless it's clean.
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