nip in the bud, to Idiom

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

nip something in the bud

Fig. to put an end to article afore it develops into article larger. (Alludes to antibacterial a annual bud afore it blooms.) I capital to nip that little affair in the bud. The accomplished abstraction was nipped in the bud.Learn more: bud, nip

nip in the bud

Halt article at an aboriginal stage, or thoroughly analysis something. For example, By arresting all the leaders, they nipped the apostasy in the bud. This allegorical expression, alluding to a bounce frost that kills annual buds, was aboriginal recorded in a Beaumont and Fletcher comedy of 1606-1607. Learn more: bud, nip

nip in the bud, to

To stop article afore it can advance further. This affinity to an aboriginal bounce frost that kills off annual buds dates from the sixteenth century. Sir Boyle Roche (1743–1807), a affiliate of Parliament, was quoted in this memorable alloyed metaphor: “Mr. Speaker, I aroma a rat; I see him basic in the air and concealment the sky; but I’ll nip him in the bud.”Learn more: nip

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake nine nine day wonder nine days' wonder nine lives nine tailors make a man nine times out of ten nine to five ninebob nine-day wonder nine-day wonder, a ninepence ninepin nineteen nineteen to the dozen nineteenth hole nine-to-five nine-to-five job ninety ninny nip nip (something) in the bud nip and tuck nip at nip in the air nip in the bud nip in the bud, to nip off nip on nip on (someone's or something's) heels nip on (someone's or something's) toes nip slip nip something in the bud nipped nipperkin nippers nipping nipply nit nitery nitpicker nit-picker nitpicking nit-picking nitty nitty-gritty nitty-gritty, the nitwit nix Nixon Nixon goes to China Nixon in China