silver bullet
Noun
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Noun
silver bullet (plural silver bullets)
- A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf.
- (idiomatic) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.
- There is no silver bullet for this problem. It will take hard work and long hours to fix.
- A cocktail somewhat like a martini.
- (military, slang) A thermometer, especially one used for rectal temperature readings.
- The corpsman hit the marine with the silver bullet after he'd passed out on a march.
- French: balle d'argent
- Italian: pallottola d'argento
- French: solution miracle, panacée
- German: Königsweg
- Italian: panacea
- Russian: серебряная пуля
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