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

• das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten
  Das bedeutet jedoch nicht, dass wir das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten sollten. Yet this does not mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Wir sollten in dem Zusammenhang jedoch nicht das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten. However, in this connection, we should not 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

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• 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