root of the trouble
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When it finally dawned on them that D.D.T. was the root of the trouble,* the worried patient relaxed and was able to go to work.
From Time Magazine Archive
But you only vaguely addressed the true root of the trouble: bad parenting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps the root of the trouble lay in his peculiar emotional relationship to his mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
Secondly and more important, when you add, "Goya was a moralist," for there you strike at the root of the trouble in the modern arts.
From Time Magazine Archive
In cases where weakness is the root of the trouble, rub the back once a day with hot oil until a glow of heat arises all over it.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
