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throw the baby out with the bathwater What does throw the baby out with the bathwater mean?
to reject all of something including the good because part of it is bad
When they discarded all of the computers because one was broken it was like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. They only needed one new computer.
throw the baby out with the bathwater What does throw the baby out with the bathwater mean?
to reject all of something including the good because part of it is bad
When they discarded all of the computers because one was broken it was like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Only one was broken.