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throw the baby out with the bath water

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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.

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throw the baby out with the bath water

Slang

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

See also: baby, bath, out, throw, water