throw the baby out with the bathwater: meaning & examples
Open in appLanguage: English
Meanings:
- To discard or eliminate something valuable along with other things that are undesirable.
- To overreact or take excessive measures that result in the loss of important or beneficial elements while trying to remove faults or problems.
Examples
BetaIn trying to cut costs, the company threw the baby out with the bathwater and lost valuable employees.
Al intentar reducir costos, la empresa eliminó elementos valiosos junto con lo innecesario y perdió empleados valiosos.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater by rejecting the entire proposal due to minor flaws.
No rechaces toda la propuesta por pequeños defectos y pierdas sus aspectos valiosos.
She nearly threw the baby out with the bathwater when she dismissed the project, ignoring its benefits.
Ella casi descartó completamente el proyecto, ignorando sus beneficios.
- Describes the act of discarding something valuable or worth saving along with something that is not needed or worthless.
Examples:
- EN: I don´t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.ES: Yo no quiero tirar lo bueno con lo malo.
- EN: What inevitably happens is that companies that are wrestling with that creative, intuitive, blended with science, they swing way too far to the, let's be scientific and mathematical, sort of throw the baby out with the bathwater and lose that comfort with intuition, creative sensitivities and mistakes get made that way.ES: lo que inevitablemente pasa es que compañías que están luchando con ese creativo, intuitivo mezclado con ciencia, se balancean muy lejos del, seamos científicos y matemáticos, es como " tira al bebé con la bañera y pierde esa comodidad con intuición,
- EN: Well, if you're gonna throw the baby out with the bathwater...ES: Bueno, si vas a tirar al bebé con el agua del baño...
- EN: Then you throw the baby out with the bathwater.ES: Se cometen errores por tratar de apurar las cosas.
- EN: Do you throw the baby out with the bathwater, or is the infinity trying to tell you something?ES: COSMÓLOGO ¿La descartamos por eso o es que el infinito intenta decirnos algo?ID: Apa kita membuang semuanya, atau apa tak hingga mencoba mengatakan sesuatu?
- EN: As a child you couldn't wait to free yourself from routine; as an adult, have the wisdom to not throw the baby out with the bathwater.HI: एक बच्चे के रूप में आप अपने आप को दिनचर्या से मुक्त करने के लिए इंतजार नहीं कर सकते थे; एक वयस्क के रूप में, बच्चे को नहाने के पानी से बाहर न फेंकने की समझदारी है।
- EN: And please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.HI: कृपया बच्चे को स्नान के पानी से बाहर फेंक न दें
- EN: Please don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterHI: कृपया बच्चे को स्नान के पानी से बाहर फेंक न दें
- EN: However, please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.HI: कृपया बच्चे को स्नान के पानी से बाहर फेंक न दें
- EN: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, and don't just swallow that the goal is to make a "better" system.HI: आंत्र और मूत्राशय को खाली करने पर जोर न दें, बच्चे को "सबसे अच्छा" धक्का देने के लिए मजबूर करें।
- EN: But please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.HI: कृपया बच्चे को स्नान के पानी से बाहर फेंक न दें
- EN: Please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.HI: कृपया बच्चे को स्नान के पानी से बाहर फेंक न दें
- EN: Yes, he overstepped his rank, but I'm not about to throw the baby out with the bathwater.ID: Dia pergi terlalu jauh dan itu dilewati, tetapi tidak berniat untuk membuang bayi keluar dengan air mandi.
- EN: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.ID: Jangan membuang hal baik bersama hal buruk.
- EN: [Mark] Look, I don't wanna throw the baby out with the bathwater here, so it's all gonna come down to whether or not the dollars still make sense.ID: Dengar, aku tak mau melewatkan kesempatan yang baik, jadi, kami pertimbangkan apakah harganya masih masuk akal.
Validation Count: 0
Source: Wiktionary