弥び縫ほう策さく

noun

stopgap measure; temporary expedient

A makeshift solution that patches up a problem without addressing the root cause. Often used in political, business, or critical contexts with a negative connotation.

• その政せい策さくは単たんなる弥び縫ほう策さくに過すぎず、根こん本ぽん的てきな改かい革かくにはならない。

  That policy is nothing more than a stopgap measure and will not lead to fundamental reform.

• 弥び縫ほう策さくでは、この危き機きを乗のり越こえられない。

  A temporary expedient won't get us through this crisis.