étouffer dans l'œufFrenchPronunciationetouffer dans l'oeufLiteral Translation to smother in the eggEquivalent idioms in other languagesThis is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.ListMapEnglishNip in the budPortugueseCortar o mal pela raizCut the evil by the rootSpanishcortar de raízCut from the rootLogin to correlate with other idioms