THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER

Meaning of THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER in English

reject all of something because part of it is faulty When they decided to get rid of all of the computers because one was broken it was like throwing the baby out with the bath water. They only needed one new computer.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER — discard something valuable along with other things that are undesirable. → baby
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER — ( informal ) to lose sth that you want at the same time as you are trying to get rid …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER — вместе с водой выплеснуть и ребенка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER — вместе с водой выплеснуть и ребенка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATHWATER — noun Date: 14th century water for a bath
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BABY — I. ˈbābē, -bi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English babie — more at babble 1. a. (1) : an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATHWATER — /bath"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr, bahth"-/ , n. 1. water for bathing: He ran the bathwater while he shaved. 2. throw out the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BABY — — babyhood , n. — babyish , adj. — babyishly , adv. — babyishness , n. — babylike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATHWATER — n. water in a bathtub
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BABY — I. ˈbā-bē noun ( plural babies ) Etymology: Middle English, from babe Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BATHWATER — noun Date: 14th century : water for a bath
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
BABY
Webster English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATHWATER — [bath.wa.ter] n (14c): water for a bath
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BABY — [ba.by] n, pl babies [ME, fr. babe] (14c) 1 a (1): an extremely young child; esp: infant (2): an extremely …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BABY — baby, Baby BrE AmE ˈbeɪb i ▷ babied ˈbeɪb id ▷ babies ˈbeɪb iz ▷ babying ˈbeɪb i‿ɪŋ ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATHWATER — / ˈbɑːθwɔːtə(r); NAmE ˈbæθwɔːtər; -wɑːt-/ noun [ U ] water in a bath/ bathtub • IDIOMS see baby noun
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BABY — / ˈbeɪbi; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. a very young child …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BABY — I. ba ‧ by 1 S1 W1 /ˈbeɪbi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural babies ) [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BABY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a very young child or infant, esp. one not yet able to walk. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BABY — n. & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a very young child or infant, esp. one not yet able to walk. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
BABY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a very young child or infant, esp. one not yet able to walk. …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATHWATER — see bath water
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BABY — ( babies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A baby is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATHWATER — see bath water
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BABY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby alarm (= for when a baby wakes up and cries ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BABY — Synonyms and related words : Elzevir, Milquetoast, adolescent, angel, apprentice, babe, babish, baby bunting, baby-doll, baby-sized, babyish, bambino, bantam, bantling, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
BABY
Longman Activator English vocab
BABY — See ↑ BABY 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be going to have a baby/be having a baby • ↑ have a …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BABY — noun DUBIOUS : Sitting in the next seat was a young woman who was having a baby. GOOD : Sitting …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
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