kasta ut barnet med badvattnet

Swedish

Etymology

From kasta (“throw”) +‎ ut (“out”) +‎ barnet (“the child”) +‎ med (“with”) +‎ badvattnet (“the bathwater”), from German das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten.

Verb

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  1. (idiomatic) to throw the baby out with the bathwater

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