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

• jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
  Nous ne devons pas jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain. We must not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Cela équivaudrait � jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain. That would be to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Cela implique que nous ne pouvons jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain. That means we cannot throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

• throw the book at
• throw the baby out with bathwater
• throw out the baby with the bathwater
• throw in the towel
• throw down the gauntlet
• throw a spanner in the works
• throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
• throw off the trail
• throw a wrench into the works