OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31723

silver bullet

Meanings (ES + gloss)
bala argéntea • bala de plata
A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster.
fórmula mágica • la purga de Benito • mano de santo • panacea • remedio infalible • remedio milagroso • santo remedio • solución milagrosa • varita mágica
Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.
Colin H. Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, acknowledged last week that “no one capability is a silver bullet,” but said the cluster munitions would allow Ukraine “to…
There is no silver bullet for this problem. It will take hard work and long hours to fix.
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