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单词 kill or cure
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  • Foxglove, for instance, from which digitalis used as a medicine is extracted, is a good example of these kill-or-cure plants.

    The Naturalist on the Thames|C. J. Cornish

kill or cure


Either remedy a disease or kill the patient, as in The copy chief did not like her headline for the drug, “Kill or Cure.” This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it was already being used half-jokingly.

Words nearby kill or cure

killing, killing frost, Killingly, killjoy, kill off, kill or cure, kill shot, kill switch, kill the fatted calf, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, kill-time
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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