English-Czech translations for throw the baby out with the bathwater

• vylít s vaničkou i dítě
  Nemyslím, že bychom měli po deseti letech vylít s vaničkou i dítě. Ten years on, I do not think we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Chci to připomenout, protože je přece jen příliš snadné vylít s vaničkou i dítě. I am reminding you of this because it is all too easy to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Občas se také objevují zjevné pokusy vylít s vaničkou i dítě, jako v případě tzv. směrnice o ekodesignu. At times, there are also apparent attempts to throw the baby out with the bathwater, as in the case of the so-called Ecodesign Directive.
• vylít vaničku i s dítětem

Definition of throw the baby out with the bathwater

• To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted

Examples

• They cancelled the entire project because the new management didnt like the prototype, but I think they threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Related words

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• throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
• throw off the trail
• throw a wrench into the works