Cortar o mal pela raizPortuguesePronunciationCortar o mal pela raizLiteral Translation Cut the evil by the rootEquivalent idioms in other languagesThis is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.ListMapEnglishNip in the budFrenchétouffer dans l'œufto smother in the eggSpanishcortar de raízCut from the rootLogin to correlate with other idioms