You could have warned me I was showing a little nip.

你该告诉我我露点。

To nip something in the bud.

把某事扼杀于萌芽。

" Wait for me, will you, while I nip upstairs and get the badges? "

“你等一等，我到楼上去拿一枚徽章，好吗？”

Ah, naughty, naughty; would you take a nip at the gentleman?

淘气！淘气！你不要抓这位先生呀。

She seemed mentally unstable. So, I nipped that problem in the bud.

她看起来精神不稳定。所以，我防患于未然。

First it nips off the grass, and swallows it as quickly as possible.

首先，绵把青草咬下来，尽可能快地吞下去。

" Well, I'll ask you three to just nip the rest of them back into their cage."

“啊，我请你三位把剩下的这些抓回笼子里去。”

On the opposite end, you stop something from growing if you nip it in the bud.

相反，如果你把某物消灭在萌芽状态（nip it in the bud），你是阻止它的生长。

Take a nap or nip by yourself.

你可以独自午睡或喝酒。

'Just how awful this must be for you. Now that I know, we can nip this in the bud'.

" 我这对你来说有多难过，既然我解情况，我以后会防患于未然。"

The thermometer marked -12 degrees centigrade, and a fresh breeze left a sharp nip in the air.

温度表降到零下十二度，寒风吹来，刺人肌骨。

Be careful of her cysts. She'll nip you.

小心她的包囊 她会咬你的。

Today I want to nip it in the bud.

今天，我想把它扼杀在萌芽状态。

Oh, you need to nip that in the bud.

噢，你应该防患于未然。

I would nip that back talk in the bud.

我会把其扼杀在萌芽状态。

It's time to nip your tardiness in the bud.

将迟到拖拉扼杀于摇篮之中。

Oh really? Well, you want to nip that in the bud.

哦，真的吗？嗯，你要防患于未然。

You're probably right to nip that speech problem in the bud.

尽早矫正小孩发音问题是对的。

Eh? Nip it in the bud?

什么？Nip it in the bud？

Tell you what. I'm gonna nip this in the bud.

那行 我要将此不正之风扼杀于萌芽中。