A little something that annoys me... A LOT
want to know what annoys me? When people say:
Nip it in the butt.
WRONG
Nip it in the bud is the correct phrase.
In the late 1500s the phrase nip it in the bloome is the known origin and helps in understanding the true meaning of the saying. Nip it in the bud refers to pruning a flower at the budding stage and it comparable to heartburn suppression: you want to stop it before it starts to escalate.
If you nip something in the bud, you deal with a problem when it is still small, before it can grow into something serious.
This is up there with the misuse of their/there/they're.
Nip it in the butt.
WRONG
Nip it in the bud is the correct phrase.
In the late 1500s the phrase nip it in the bloome is the known origin and helps in understanding the true meaning of the saying. Nip it in the bud refers to pruning a flower at the budding stage and it comparable to heartburn suppression: you want to stop it before it starts to escalate.
If you nip something in the bud, you deal with a problem when it is still small, before it can grow into something serious.
This is up there with the misuse of their/there/they're.