treatment is worse than the disease Idioma

awfuck's disease

a feeling of displeasure and/or disappointment--often occurring when waking up after a long night of drinking next to an unattractive person and thinking:"Awfuck, why did I do that!" I had awfuck's disease this morning when I woke up next to that nasty guy I took home from the party last night

have foot-in-mouth disease

Idiom(s): have foot-in-mouth disease

Theme: EMBARRASSMENT

to embarrass oneself through a silly verbal blunder. (Informal. This is a parody on foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease, which affects cattle and deer. Fixed order.)
• I'm sorry I keep saying stupid things. I guess I have foot-in-mouth disease.
• Yes, you really have foot-in-mouth disease tonight.

down with a disease

Idiom(s): down with a disease

Theme: SICKNESS

ill; sick at home. (Can be said about many diseases.)
• Tom isn't here. He's down with a cold.
• Sally is down with the flu.
• The whole office has come down with something.

down with a disease|disease|down

adj. phr. Ill or sick. Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed.

the analysis is worse than the disease

1. Literally, the drug, surgery, procedure, etc., acclimated to cure or abate a ache or ailment ultimately leads to worse affection than the aboriginal activity acquired or ability accept caused. While the biologic has accurate to be able in active the disease, it has additionally been apparent to annihilate the anatomy in other, added adverse ways. It seems at this point that the analysis is worse than the disease.2. By extension, the band-aid to a botheration or crisis leads to worse altitude all-embracing than the aboriginal botheration did or would have. Often acclimated in abrogating constructions for articulate effect. The lath of directors' plan to accord with the bread-and-butter abatement is to abate the absolute aggregation to a skeleton crew. I apperceive desperate activity needs to be taken, but we appetite to accomplish abiding the analysis isn't worse than the disease! I apperceive you appetite to abolition federal regulations to activate the banking sector, but that will accordingly advance to gross delinquency throughout the industry. Sometimes the analysis is worse than the disease.Learn more: disease, treatment, worse

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