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silver bullet
silver bulletn.1. An infallible means of attack or defense.2. A simple remedy for a difficult or intractable problem.
[From the belief that werewolves could be killed with silver bullets.]silver bullet n informal a simple and immediate remedy for an intractable problem [C20: from the belief in folklore that a werewolf can be killed only by a bullet made of silver]sil′ver bul′let
n. a quick solution to a difficult problem. [1930–35; from the belief that supernatural beings, as werewolves, can be killed with a silver bullet] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | silver bullet - a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem; "no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism"solution - a method for solving a problem; "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook" |
Translationssilver bullet
silver bulletSomething that provides an immediate and extremely effective solution to a given problem or difficulty, especially one that is normally very complex or hard to resolve. The phrase is almost always used in a statement that such a solution does not exist. There's no silver bullet that will solve the homelessness crisis in this country. The way to make progress is through deliberate, logical discussions around the issue.See also: bullet, silversilver bullet and magic bullet n. a specific, fail-safe solution to a problem. (From the notion that a bullet made of silver is required to shoot a werewolf.) I’m not suggesting that the committee has provided us with a silver bullet, only that their advice was timely and useful. I don’t know the answer. I don’t have a magic bullet! See also: bullet, silversilver bulletA highly accurate projectile of death or destruction. Sir Walter Scott may have been the first to use the idea of a literal silver bullet in Lockhart (1808), “I have only hopes that he will be shot with a silver bullet.” The term caught on in the first half of the 1900s because the popular western hero of the radio program, The Lone Ranger, used a silver bullet. During the Korean War an antiaircraft shell that hit precisely on target was called “silver bullet.” By the late 1900s the term also was being used figuratively, as in, “We’re hoping our new software will be the silver bullet to put the company on the map.”See also: bullet, silversilver bullet
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silver bullet A popular term for a type of vibrator that has a satellite unit for insertion, which is tethered to the main unit by a cord.AcronymsSeeSBsilver bullet
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