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Kathy Cao
2021-03-24 11:03
Nip something in the bud verb phrase
To stop something before it becomes established or worse
Parents should nip their children's bad behaviour in the bud.
This problem would have be nipped in the bud if you had listened to me and used my solution.
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.
The verb "nip" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.
