Idiom Correction #384
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swestrupThe term is "nip in the bud", a reference to removing a bud from a plant before it has a chance to flower. An obvious metaphor for taking early action.
The term is NOT "nip in the butt". This conveys a very different metaphor and one not appropriate at all for the way this phrase gets used.
The term is NOT "nip in the butt". This conveys a very different metaphor and one not appropriate at all for the way this phrase gets used.
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Date: 2005-08-22 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-22 09:40 pm (UTC)YEEARRGH
Date: 2005-08-23 06:16 pm (UTC)-Jim
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Date: 2005-08-23 06:18 pm (UTC)poor guy didn't know.
If he did know, that's pretty funny...
-Jim