sure cure
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.
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How to use sure cure in a sentence
It was called rock oil and was hawked about the streets as a sure cure for rheumatism.
He advocated no sure cure for all the sorrows of the world, and doubted that such a panacea existed.
Damn! | Henry Louis MenckenSoon after this failure, I heard of a new remedy—a sure cure.
The Funny Side of Physic | A. D. CrabtreIf she went to bed now she would be sure to suffer all night, and in one of the flasks was a sure cure.
John Dough and the Cherub | L. Frank BaumHaving often had recourse to this method, in preserving pencil and crayon drawings, I will warrant it a sure cure.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham Burroughs
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