Branch[]
Olive branch[]
Bud[]
A budding ____[]
Nip something in the bud[]
To nip something in the bud was to put a stop to it.
The EMH once noted that he nipped an alien retrovirus in the bud. (VOY: "Latent Image")
Bush[]
Beat around the bush[]
Flower[]
Achieve its fullest flower[]
Don't send me flowers[]
Flower of Humanity[]
Flowers of one's past[]
Rose[]
No bed of (Felaran) rose petals[]
Meant something was not easy. [In 2372, [Neelix]] claimed his life prior to USS Voyager was no bed of Felaran rose petals. (VOY: "Parturition")
Smelling like a rose[]
To smell like a rose was to smell good.
When the EMH commented that Harry Kim had body odour, and Kim tried to excuse it by saying that he had had a "busy day", the EMH commented that Seven had also had one, but smelled "as fresh as the proverbial rose." (VOY: "Body and Soul")
The lily and the rose are staging a competition in your face[]
Time to smell the roses[]
Taking time to smell the roses meant spending time enjoying life.
In 2374, the EMH Mark II contemplated his possible end, noting that he took no time to smell the roses. VOY: "Message in a Bottle")
The EMH once noted that he admired Arakis Prime's scenery to smell the roses. (VOY: "One Small Step")
Root[]
Have its roots in/deeply rooted in something[]
One's (family) roots[]
Pioneer roots[]
Put down roots[]
Root cause[]
Root for something[]
Root of the matter[]
Take root[]
Seed[]
Old chestnut[]
An old chestnut was something that was old and well-known.
The EMH once referred to the song "Oh My Darling, Clementine" as an "old chestnut". (VOY: "Equinox")
Sow/plant seed(s) of something[]
To sow seeds of or plant seeds of something was to invoke the thing stated.
When Garak insulted the Romulans' pointy ears, Tain noted that if he did not defend the Romulans, it could plant a seed of discord between them. (DS9: "Improbable Cause")
Thorn[]
Thorn in someone's side[]
To be a thorn in someone's side meant to be an annoyance to them.
Kor described Worf as a thorn in Gowron's side. (DS9: "The Sword of Kahless")
Tree[]
Can't see the forest for the trees[]
Referred to one was so caught up in small details that they were not able to see the bigger picture.
In 2373, Miles O'Brien felt he hadn't been able to see the forest for the trees when it was Rom who explained to him that the modifications that he had been making to equipment on Deep Space 9 on the orders of a Pah-wraith that had possessed his wife were designed to turn the station into a chroniton array aimed at the Bajoran wormhole, one which could kill the Prophets. (DS9: "The Assignment")
Go climb a tree[]
Go climb a tree meant "go away and leave me alone".
When Kor questioned James T. Kirk about Starfleet's dispersal, Kirk told the Klingon to go climb a tree. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy")
Out of the woods[]
See the forest for the trees[]
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