“Nip something in the bud”in other languages
Stop a problem before it can grow.
English
Dutch
French
EnglishDutchFrenchSame idea, different pictures
All three stop it at the very beginning. English nips a bud like a gardener before it can flower. French kills it in the egg, tuer dans l'œuf, and Dutch smothers it in the germ, in de kiem smoren.
More sayings in other languages
- No bed of roses
- No contest
- No pain, no gain
- No sweat
- Be at one's wits' end
- Not mince one's words
- Not worth a hill of beans
- Nothing to write home about
- A fine kettle of fish