nip in the bud

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• UK, US: /ˈnɪp.ɪn.ðəˈbʌd/
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39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Norwegian Bokmål: knipe — To remove a bud from a plant
• Spanish: descogollar, desyemado — To remove a bud from a plant
• Armenian: ոչնչացնել սաղմի մեջ (očʻnčʻacʻnel saġmi meǰ) — to prevent at an early stage
• Armenian: բնում խեղդել (strangle in the den) — to prevent at an early stage
• Bengali: অঙ্কুরে বিনাশ করা (oṅkure binaś kora) — to prevent at an early stage
• Bulgarian: убивам в зародиш (ubivam v zarodiš) — to prevent at an early stage
• Czech: udusit v zárodku — to prevent at an early stage
• Danish: tage i opløbet — to prevent at an early stage
• Danish: kvæle i fødslen — to prevent at an early stage
• Dutch: in de kiem smoren — to prevent at an early stage
• Finnish: kitkeä — to prevent at an early stage
• French: étouffer dans l'œuf — to prevent at an early stage
• French: tuer dans l'œuf — to prevent at an early stage
• German: den Anfängen wehren — to prevent at an early stage
• German: im Keim ersticken — to prevent at an early stage
• German: etwas nicht einreißen lassen — to prevent at an early stage
• Hungarian: csírájában elfojt — to prevent at an early stage
• Irish: rud a mharú san ubh — to prevent at an early stage
• Irish: rud a stopadh ina thús — to prevent at an early stage
• Italian: troncare sul nascere — to prevent at an early stage
• Italian: stroncare sul nascere — to prevent at an early stage
• Korean: 싹을 자르다 (ssageul jareuda) — to prevent at an early stage
• Norwegian Bokmål: ta ved roten — to prevent at an early stage
• Persian: در نطفه خفه کردن (dar notfe xafe kardan) — to prevent at an early stage
• Polish: zniszczyć w zarodku — to prevent at an early stage
• Portuguese: cortar pela raiz — to prevent at an early stage
• Russian: пресе́чь в ко́рне (preséčʹ v kórne) — to prevent at an early stage
• Russian: подави́ть в заро́дыше (podavítʹ v zaródyše) — to prevent at an early stage
• Scottish Gaelic: bac an tùs — to prevent at an early stage
• Spanish: cortar de raíz — to prevent at an early stage
• Swedish: kväva i sin linda — to prevent at an early stage
• Swedish: mota Olle i grind — to prevent at an early stage
• Swedish: stämma i bäcken — to prevent at an early stage
• Telugu: మొగ్గగానే తుంచు (moggagānē tuñcu) — to prevent at an early stage
• Thai: ตัดไฟแต่ต้นลม — to prevent at an early stage
• Thai: ตัดไฟต้นลม — to prevent at an early stage
• Thai: ตัดไฟหัวลม — to prevent at an early stage
• Turkish: yılanın başını küçükken ezmek — to prevent at an early stage
• Ukrainian: знищувати в корені (znyščuvaty v koreni) — to prevent at an early stage