sure cure



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.
See also: cure, sure

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zelpha-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Slavko-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Thoukydides-Ancient Greek
Feodor-Russian
Amadi (1)-Western African, Igbo
Murali-Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi