Lym Nguyen
2020-07-31 07:07
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater proverb verb
Anna quitted her favorite job just because of her discontent with her boss. She should not have thrown out the baby with the bathwater.
Lily: Why do you want to cut down this tree? It is still alive. Alex: Because its leaves are beginning to wilt and it will not be beautiful anymore. Lily: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. It will be green again and blossom in the spring.
1. Make the inside of something clean or tidy
2. Spend so much money on something that one now has very little left
3. Take or use all the resource or money that a person or organization has
4. Remove parts or people to improve a group or organization
1. To remove something from something else by cutting
2. To refuse to allow someone to do something on a team or other roster
3. To remove a portion of a creative work, such as a written work or a film by editing
To get rid of someone or something that one does not want
This proverb derives from the shortage of water in medieval times. Because of water insufficiency, family members had to share one tub of water. The first person having a shower was the father and the last one was the baby. Therefore, when it was the baby's turn, the water was so dirty, and while the mom was pouring the dirty water out of the tub the baby might be thrown out with the water line by mistake. Therefore, the idiom was appeared to remind that to avoid throwing the baby by mistake, the mom had to check the bathwater carefully before pouring it out of the tub.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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