throw the baby out with the bathwaterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From a German proverb that dates to 1512. First recorded by Thomas Murner in his satire Narrenbeschwörung. First appeared in English when Thomas Carlyle translated it and used it in an 1849 essay on slavery.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /θɹəʊ ðə ˈbeɪbi aʊt wɪð ðə ˈbɑːθwɔːtə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /θɹoʊ ðə ˈbeɪbi aʊt wɪθ ðə ˈbæθwɔtɚ/

動詞

throw the baby out with the bathwater (三人称単数 現在形 throws the baby out with the bathwater, 現在分詞 throwing the baby out with the bathwater, 過去形 threw the baby out with the bathwater, 過去分詞 thrown the baby out with the bathwater)

1. (idiomatic) To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

   They cancelled the entire project because the new management didn't like the prototype, but I think they threw the baby out with the bathwater.

参照

• “Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater”, in BBC Learning English‎^[1], BBC, 14 October 2014

アナグラム

• throw out the baby with the bath water, throw out the baby with the bathwater