sticking plaster

• Небольшая клейкая полоска, используемая для закрытия мелких порезов или ран; также используется в переносном смысле для описания временного или поверхностного решения проблемы.

A small adhesive strip used to cover minor cuts or wounds; also used figuratively to describe a temporary or superficial solution to a problem.

1. Adhesive bandageA2formalbritish

   A small piece of adhesive material used to cover minor cuts and wounds.

   Пластырь

   • She put a sticking plaster on her finger after cutting it.
   • The first aid kit contains several sticking plasters.
   • He used a sticking plaster to cover the small graze on his knee.

2. Temporary solutionC1informalbritish

   A quick or temporary fix for a problem, often not a permanent solution.

   Временное решение

   • The new policy is just a sticking plaster for the economic crisis.
   • They applied a sticking plaster to the software bug instead of rewriting the code.
   • This agreement is a sticking plaster, not a real solution to the conflict.