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

• wylać dziecko z kąpielą
  Przypominam państwu o tym, ponieważ zbyt łatwo jest wylać dziecko z kąpielą. I am reminding you of this because it is all too easy to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
• wylewać dziecko z kąpielą
  Ale to nie oznacza, że powinniśmy wylewać dziecko z kąpielą. Yet this does not mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Po dziesięciu latach nie wydaje mi się, że powinniśmy wylewać dziecko z kąpielą. Ten years on, I do not think we should 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