magic wand
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈmædʒɪk wɑnd/
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varita mágica
- With a wave of her magic wand, the fairy transformed the pumpkin into a carriage.
I was a simple thing and it's not our magic wand that can help, right?
- I was a simple thing and it's not our magic wand that can help, right?
- This is not a process where you can just take a magic wand and say, OK, I'm done.
- And while there are lots of things that you can do that will help, there's no magic wand here.
- So if I had a magic wand, I don't, but maybe somebody listen, have a magic wand.
- I would I I wish that Reform and Nigel Farage would come and wave the magic wand.
- If you could wave a magic wand, what would you ask for?
- What would be the next actions if if you could wave a magic wand and compel the people in power to take certain next steps?
- In theory that if you could wave a magic wand, there are all kinds of things you would one would try to do.
- What's, what is your dream if Sam Altman could wave a magic wand and have AI be exactly what you hope it will be?
- But this time we got our magic wands.
- But I'll take that now for Man United, if you could say that magic wand couple of years time we're doing, we're chasing the leading pack or chasing the leading team.
- Well, nobody's going to wave a magic wand and say I'm going to cure you being being and throw fairy dust on you.
Examples
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Write down all the things you would like to change if you had a magic wand.
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If you could wave a magic wand, what would you ask for?
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Is there a top three list of things that if you had a magic wand, you would see everyone do each day?
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Then wait my signal and be ready with your magic wands.
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Sir, will you wave your magic wand and make me sweet 16 again?
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"We cannot just wave a magic wand and get new infrastructure that is independent of fossil fuels."
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Well, I can't just wave my magic wand and make it all come right.
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I just waved the magic wand and the ball disappears.
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In this survey, she confided, "If I had a magic wand, I would want them to be there always with me" (Item 7).
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We concede that there is no magic wand to overcome our country's problems.
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Synonyms
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4.1
A thin stick used by magicians to do magic or find water
How Magical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The primary meaning — a stick used to perform magic — is directly and transparently derived from 'magic' (supernatural power) + 'wand' (a stick used by magicians), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it. The figurative sense ('a simple solution') is a natural, image-based extension of that literal meaning and remains interpretable from the constituents and common cross-linguistic metaphors.
Etymology
Magic wand comes from fairy tales where a small stick, the wand, is waved to make things happen at once. Because people imagined that a single wave could solve a big problem, the phrase now means a quick 'solution' or easy 'fix' for a hard situation.