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silver bullet

Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.
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There is no silver bullet for this problem. It will take hard work and long hours to fix.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'silver bullet':

silver bulletA bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf.
silver bulletA cocktail somewhat like a martini.
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sølv kugle

bala de plata

گلوله نقره ای

hopealuoti

argentum bullet

zilveren kogel

sølvkule

bala de prata

silverkula

gümüş kurşun

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