fwiw, I wasn't too familiar with this usage, looked it up and sticking plaster is in the sense of bandaid here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandage ht

fwiw, I wasn't too familiar with this usage, looked it up and sticking plaster is in the sense of bandaid here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandage But agreed that it's a rather tougher patch than I'd originally thought, reading elsewhere in this thread.