English
Verb
nip (something) in the bud
- To remove a bud from a plant to prevent flower and fruit from forming.
- (idiomatic) To stop something at an early stage.
- If you see a bad habit begin to develop, try to nip it in the bud so that it does not become ingrained. Issues are easier to sort out the earlier they are addressed.
Translations
To remove a bud from a plant
(idiom) to prevent at an early stage
- Armenian: (destroy as an embryo) ոչնչացնել սաղմի մեջ (očʿnčʿacʿnel sałmi meǰ), (strangle in the den) բնում խեղդել (bnum xełdel)
- Czech: udusit v zárodku
- Danish: tage i opløbet, kvæle i fødslen
- Dutch: In de kiem smoren
- Finnish: kitkeä (fi)
- French: étouffer dans l'œuf (fr), tuer dans l'œuf (fr)
- German: im Keim ersticken
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- Hungarian: csírájában elfojt
- Italian: troncare sul nascere, stroncare sul nascere
- Portuguese: cortar pela raiz
- Russian: пресе́чь в ко́рне (preséčʹ v kórne) (cut in the root), подави́ть в заро́дыше (podavítʹ v zaródyše) (to crush as an embryo)
- Scottish Gaelic: bac an tùs
- Spanish: cortar de raíz
- Telugu: మొగ్గగానే తుంచు (moggagānē tuṃcu)
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