throw the baby out with the bathwater in French
throw the baby out with the bathwater in French
jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bain
(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").
jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
(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").