throw the baby out with the bathwater
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
throw the baby out with the bathwater
- (idiomatic) To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
- They cancelled the entire project because the new management didn't like the prototype, but I think they threw the baby out with the bathwater.
- French: jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
- German: das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten
- Italian: buttare il bambino con l'acqua sporca
- Portuguese: jogar fora o bebé com a água do banho (Portugal), jogar fora o bebê com a água do banho (Brazil)
- Russian: выплеснуть ребёнка вме́сте с водо́й
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