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

• kasta ut barnet med badvattnet
  Låt oss inte kasta ut barnet med badvattnet!Let us not throw the baby out with the bathwater!
  Vi får inte kasta ut barnet med badvattnet.We must not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  Det skulle vara som att kasta ut barnet med badvattnet.That would be to 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