American English has a full set of words for fixing the visible part of a problem.
a Band-Aid solution — “serving as a temporary or expedient remedy or solution.” The brand name has been used this way since 1968.
kick the can down the road — to put off work on an issue for a later date. Lawmakers began using it in the mid-1980s.
whack-a-mole — “a situation in which any attempt to deal with a problem is met with another problem or a reoccurrence of the original problem.”
putting out fires — dealing with urgent problems one at a time as they come up.
a quick fix — a solution that works now.