English
Etymology
From a German proverb that dates to 1512. First recorded by Thomas Murner in his satire Narrenbeschwörung. First appeared in English centuries later when Thomas Carlyle translated it and used it in an 1849 essay on slavery.
Verb
throw the baby out with the bathwater
- idiom To discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.
#: They cancelled the entire project because the new management didn't like the prototype, but I think they threw the baby out with the bathwater.
Translations
trans-top|(idiomatic) to discard something valuable
Norwegian: t-|no|helle barnet ut med badevannet, t-|no|kaste barnet ut med badevannet, t-|no|slå barnet ut med badevannet
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Russian: в�пле�н��� �еб�нка вме��е � водой
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fr:throw the baby out with the bathwater
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