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(figuratively) Any advice or treatment that has no value or exacerbates the problem.

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bad medicine

Source Word

bad medicine

Noun

figuratively uncountable

(figuratively) Any advice or treatment that has no value or exacerbates the problem.

Japanese Meaning

（比喩的に）効果がなく、場合によっては問題を悪化させるような、役に立たないアドバイスや治療法

Telling him to ignore his feelings was bad medicine and only made the situation worse.

彼に感情を無視するように言うことは有害な助言で、状況をさらに悪化させただけだった。

Sense（1）

(figuratively) Any advice or treatment that has no value or exacerbates the problem.

Many economists believe that trying to spend your way out of a recession is bad medicine.