silver bullet

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Noun

silver bullet (plural silver bullets)

1. A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf.
2. (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.

3. A cocktail somewhat like a martini.

Translations

bullet made of silver

• Finnish: hopealuoti (fi)
• French: balle d'argent (fr)

• Japanese: 銀の弾丸 (ja) (gin no dangan)
• Serbo-Croatian: srebrni metak (sh), srebrno tane (sh)

solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results

• French: solution miracle (fr), panacée (fr)
• German: Königsweg (de) m

• Japanese: 特効薬 (ja) (tokkōyaku)

cocktail

See also

• magic bullet