throw the baby out with the bathwater

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von throw the baby out with the bathwater im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(deyim) Bir şeyi biraz kusuru var diye gözden çıkarmak

(deyim) Pire için yorgan yakmak

kasaba küsüp kolunu kesmek, papaza kızıp perhiz bozmak/oruç yemek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von throw the baby out with the bathwater im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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.

(deyim) Discard something valuable along with other things that are undesirable

(deyim) Reject all of something because part is faulty

God knows that there are weaknesses in the program, but if they act too hastily they may cause the baby to be thrown out with the bathwater.

Silbentrennung

throw the ba·by out with the bathwater

Etymologie

() From a German proverb that dates to 1512. First recorded by Thomas Murner in his satire Narrenbeschwörung. First appeared in English when Thomas Carlyle translated it and used it in an 1849 essay on slavery.