to throw the baby out with the bathwater
11throw the baby out with the bathwater — to get rid of the good and useful aspects of something without intending to, while you try to get rid of its negative aspects …
12throw out the baby with the bathwater — informal : to get rid of something you want while trying to get rid of something you do not want If you ignore her message because you don t like the way she presents it, you will be throwing out the baby with the bathwater. • • • Main Entry:… …
13baby with the bathwater, throw out the — Be over zealous, esp. in reform or change, so that the valuable is disposed of as well as the less valuable …
14throw out the baby with the bathwater — phrasal to discard or lose something useful or beneficial in the process of discarding or rejecting something unwanted …
15Throw out the baby with the bath water — is an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,[1] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.[2] A slightly different… …
16baby — ► NOUN (pl. babies) 1) a child or animal that is newly or recently born. 2) a timid or childish person. 3) informal a person with whom one is having a romantic relationship. 4) (one s baby) one s particular responsibility, achievement, or concern …
17baby — I UK [ˈbeɪbɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms baby : singular baby plural babies *** Talking or writing about having a baby: talking about a baby unborn child or foetus medical a baby when it is developing in its mother s body: There is strong… …
18baby — ba|by1 [ beıbi ] noun count *** ▸ 1 young child/animal ▸ 2 project you care about ▸ 3 someone being weak or silly ▸ 4 someone you love ▸ 5 youngest member ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a very young child who cannot yet talk or walk. A baby who is old enough… …
19baby — /ˈbeɪbi / (say baybee) noun (plural babies) 1. an infant; young child. 2. a young animal. 3. the youngest member of a family, group, etc. 4. a childish person. 5. a small bottle of wine, usually a quarter size. 6. Colloquial an invention,… …
20baby — ba|by1 W1S1 [ˈbeıbi] n plural babies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(young child)¦ 2¦(young animal)¦ 3¦(vegetable)¦ 4¦(youngest)¦ 5¦(woman)¦ 6¦(silly person)¦ 7¦(responsibility)¦ 8¦(thing)¦ …
