bathwater

[ bath-waw-ter, -wot-er, bahth- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1910–15; bath ¹ + water

throw out the baby with the bathwater, to eliminate or reject the good along with the bad.

The first, suggested by the states and business interests challenging the law, takes the baby-with-the-bathwater approach.

Will there be some babies thrown out with the bathwater, if you will?

It's also amazing that this dressed-up baby is getting thrown out with its bergamot-scented bathwater.

You're never going to be sick in this bit of bathwater, Miss Twinkler?

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