sure cure

Idioms and Phrases

A remedy that won't fail, as in Hard work is a sure cure for brooding . Originating in the late 1800s as an advertising slogan ( Dr. Keck's Sure Cure for Catarrh ; first recorded in 1881), this rhyming phrase was soon extended to other matters.

Example Sentences

It was called rock oil and was hawked about the streets as a sure cure for rheumatism.

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He advocated no sure cure for all the sorrows of the world, and doubted that such a panacea existed.

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Soon after this failure, I heard of a new remedy—a sure cure.

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If she went to bed now she would be sure to suffer all night, and in one of the flasks was a sure cure.

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Having often had recourse to this method, in preserving pencil and crayon drawings, I will warrant it a sure cure.

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