baby and bathwater

/B EY1 B IY0 AH0 N D B AE0 TH W AO0 T ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    (idiomatic, often attributively) Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

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