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词组 throw the baby out with the bath water
释义
Idiom
throw the baby out with the bath water
to get rid of the good parts as well as the bad parts of something when you are trying to improve it.
I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bath water. There are some good features of the present system that I think we should retain.
idiomthrow the baby out with the bath water(also throw the baby out with the bath AmE)to destroy what is good or important about a situation by mistake, while you are trying to change it and make it better:We know that this drug has side effects, but it helps a lot of people, and you can't throw the baby out with the bath water.If we follow any educational theory too far, we may find that we have thrown the baby out with the bath water.

throw the baby out with the bathwater

To discard something valuable or important while disposing of something considered worthless, especially an outdated idea or form of behavior. The phrase is often used in the negative as a warning against such thoughtless behavior. Why are we scrapping the entire project? Come on, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. The main reforms of the movement were desperately needed, but I'm afraid we threw the baby out with the bathwater in many cases.

throw the baby out with the bath water

If someone throws the baby out with the bath water, they reject an idea completely, even though some parts of it are good. Even if we don't necessarily like the whole scheme, we're not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. In rejecting traditional values, they have thrown the baby out with the bathwater.

throw the baby out with the bath water

Slang
To discard something valuable along with something not desired, usually unintentionally.
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