英语词汇nip in the bud的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

nip in the bud. To obtain larger peonies or tomatoes, to get larger flowers or fruit of any kind, gardeners have long pinched off excessive blossoms on plants, nipped them early in the bud to channel all a plant’s strength into a few remaining buds, which will then yield large flowers or fruit. No fruit comes from a nipped-off bud, of course, and so the gardening term to nip in the bud became proverbial in Elizabethan times for call- ing a halt to something before it has a chance to develop, espe- cially in regard to bad habits or plans with little chance of success.

词汇	nip in the bud
词源	nip in the bud. To obtain larger peonies or tomatoes, to get larger flowers or fruit of any kind, gardeners have long pinched off excessive blossoms on plants, nipped them early in the bud to channel all a plant’s strength into a few remaining buds, which will then yield large flowers or fruit. No fruit comes from a nipped-off bud, of course, and so the gardening term to nip in the bud became proverbial in Elizabethan times for call- ing a halt to something before it has a chance to develop, espe- cially in regard to bad habits or plans with little chance of success.
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