past cure Idiom, Proverb

---

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

prevent a problem so you don't have to solve it, a stitch in time... Forest fires deserve an ounce of prevention: public education in campfire safety.

---

cure of

1．bring sb．back to health 使（人）恢复健康
She is cured of her heart trouble．她的心脏病已经治好了。
Doctors are now able to cure people of many diseases which in former times would have killed them．医生现在能够治好许多从前致人死命的疾病。
2．get rid of（bad habit，etc．）去除；根除
Can you help to cure her son of his bad habits？你能帮助改掉她儿子的坏习惯吗？
No medicine can cure a man of discontent．没有药能消除一个人的不满。

---

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or cure the disease later.

---

Prevention is better than cure

It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or cure the disease later.

---

cure

cure
see kill or cure; ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an; sure cure.

---

kill or cure

kill or cure
Either remedy a disease or kill the patient, as in The copy chief did not like her headline for the drug, “Kill or Cure.” This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it was already being used half-jokingly.

---

ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an

ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an
It is easier to forestall a disaster than to deal with it. For example, The new law makes all children under twelve wear bicycle helmets—an ounce of prevention. This ancient proverb is first recorded in Latin in Henry de Bracton's De Legibus (c. 1240) and has been repeated ever since, often in shortened form.

---

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.

past cure

Incurable or hopeless, abnormally of an affliction that has a austere prognosis. We charge to go see your grandmother tonight—the doctors accept that her action is accomplished cure.Learn more: cure, past

Learn more: