nip in the bud (nip in the bud)

Idiom Problem

含义

to stop something before it becomes a bigger problem

在问题变得更严重之前停止它 (zai wen-ti bian-de geng yan-zhong zhi-qian ting-zhi ta)

例句

"We should nip the problem in the bud before it spreads."

"我们应该在问题扩散之前把问题扼杀在萌芽状态。" (wo-men ying-gai zai wen-ti kuo-san zhi-qian **ba wen-ti e-sha zai meng-ya zhuang-tai**.)