Simon Hoggart

When I was collecting material for a political gossip column, and someone said something interesting, I would wait for them to add, 'and I don't want to read that in your magazine!' In which case I wouldn't use it. But if they didn't remember to say it, I'd nip off to the loo, write the story up, come back and change the subject.

British Journalist

Andi Dorfman

I love altering my stuff and that's something I've learned over time: You don't have to buy a shirt and just wear it as it is. A little tuck here, a little nip there, making a deeper plunge in the front - it's not pretty, though, I'll tell you that. I always tell people not to look at the seams.

American Celebrity

James Anderson

A lot is made of the pink ball. But it is the same really. A good ball is a good ball, regardless of the colour. You might want to bowl a touch fuller with the pink ball when it is nipping around but generally a pink kookaburra behaves the same as a red kookaburra.

English Athlete

Sonya Walger

I had all this other life happening, and 'Lost' was this sort of seasoning - but it was never the main course. It was just this thing that I would nip off and do, so to be recognized for 'Lost' all the time is amazing.

English Actress

Margaret Trudeau

The secret is to nip any mental disorder in the bud. As soon as you're not feeling yourself, reach out and get some help because you can quickly get better. If you get stuck in it, it's so hard to get out.

Canadian Author

Pete Buttigieg

Businesses always have competitors nipping at their heels. Historically, cities have not viewed themselves as subject to that same type of competition. But that's wrong.

American Politician

Allan McNish

As a driver you enjoy winning races, and if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip and tuck stuff.

British Driver

Jeannie Mai

In L.A. there's diet trends, there's the new nip and tuck people are doing, the new person who is in town you never saw before.

Ava Gardner

I'm not saying my own looks don't give the game away. Nothing I can do about that anymore. A nip and tuck ain't gonna do it.

American Actress

Mark Zuckerberg

I believe we have to nip Ebola in the bud before it spreads through Africa and to other countries.

American Businessman

Used playfully amongst familiar individuals or animals, often light-hearted.

Friendly Gesture

Can indicate a mild warning or irritation, not always in a serious manner.

Mild Aggression

Commonly used in casual or informal settings, not formal speech.

Informal Context

Implies the action or errand will be completed quickly.

Brief Duration

Typically associated with strong liquor, not applicable to beer or wine.

Unique to Spirits

Often used in relation to weather or environment, signifying a crisp sensation.

Associated with Weather

Can be used to describe a mood or atmosphere with a tense feeling.

Emotional Atmosphere

Used when actions are taken early to stop something from getting more serious.

Preventative Action

The phrase 'nip in the bud' doesn't involve actual pinching; it's metaphorical.

Figurative Use

 so as you nip these things that don't go together together I'm gonna bring the other networks robots in 3d printing and you've been hearing about that this Ted this morning this session last year and as you're thinking about the impact of these things the first thing you've got to talk about is how it affects people

Rethinking manufacturing...

 with tearing up water lines and then I'll stand and I'll guide you right up into this spot here make sure you pull straight in and we'll get the creditor level as possible it's he's nipping entry level I want to go inside things are gonna fall over there's no way to help it who

Food Mover PIPE Life Below...

 episode you are afraid that such a thing would transfer to other villages away that's the main concern that's why you have to stop it while it's small nip it in the bud it's weird being thrown stones at for me and I know you might not like that by growing up I was 10

Part 2: Israel Defense...

 freeze this is the true test if they haven't got their pond just deep enough to stop it freezing solid the large entrance would have been ice bar and with the forest inaccessible the adjoining lada is a lifesaver it means the Beavers can nip out for

Beavers in the Snow PIPE...

 at my eyes and said okay you behave different than what I normally used to I'm not used to that behavior of it you are nipping things in the bud without saying a word my owners normally use sound to tell me not to do a certain

Shadow-Chasing Dogs PIPE...

 size matters in this world so even the nips of the largest dragonflies need look to survive the first few months of their lives when the diminutive saw is exposes them to predation by larger nymphs

The Secret World of...

 and what you do is you just nip two corners here, and this becomes like a baby crocodile's mouth. You put this in your mouth, and you blow. It's children's delight, a teacher's envy, as they say.

Turning trash into toys...

 eggs in her lifetime - huh no wonder she needs so many attendants it's one of their jobs to carry all those eggs to cells where they hatch into fragile nips these nips were thought to be more

Her Majesty the Termite...

 Short stocky dogs to herd livestock by nipping their heels; elongated dogs to flush badgers and foxes out of burrows; thin and sleek dogs for racing; and large, muscular dogs for guard duty.

A brief history of dogs...

 that's the father that's ting Ghana this is a quite spectacular afternoon I'm just gonna nip in front of a candy that said we can keep going forward yeah

Nip