band-aid
suomi-englanti sanakirjaband-aid englanniksi
An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
1968, ''United Church Observer'', n 15 (March), p 36:
- It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.
To apply an adhesive bandage.
''As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.''
To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
''Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.''
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