Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater



Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Prov. Do not discard something valuable in your eagerness to get rid of some useless thing associated with it. Jill: As long as I'm selling all the books Grandpa had, I might s well sell the bookcases, too. Jane: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. You can use the bookcases for something else.
See also: baby, out, throw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FİDan-Turkish, Azerbaijani
Pancratius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Washburn['wɔʃbɜ:n]
StijnSTIENDutch
Christy['kristi:]
Raisa (2)-Yiddish