throw the baby out with the bathwater in Danish
throw the baby out with the bathwater in Danish
kaste barnet ud med badevandet
(idiomatic) To discard, inadvertently or through overzealousness, something valuable or essential ("the baby") in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted or undesirable ("the bathwater").
smide barnet ud med badevandet
(idiomatic) To discard, inadvertently or through overzealousness, something valuable or essential ("the baby") in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted or undesirable ("the bathwater").