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Liqian Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Proverb

nipped at the bud /nipped in the bud?
  

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to nip sth in the bud -> to be nipped in the bud By the way, I think it's an expression, not a proverb.

— Minhhai2209

  • to nip sth in the bud -> to be nipped in the bud By the way, I think it's an expression, not a proverb.
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to nip sth in the bud -> to be nipped in the bud

By the way, I think it's an expression, not a proverb.
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I believe the correct idiom is " nip it at the bud " which means eliminate the source of the problem before it becomes one.
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According to both Longman and Oxford, it is "to nip sth in the bud". The meaning is as you said.
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minhhai2209According to both Longman and Oxford, it is "to nip sth in the bud". The meaning is as you said.
That's correct.

BillJ
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