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don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

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don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

Summary

don't throw the baby out with the bathwater is an idiom[1]. It draws 127 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #31 of 97).[2]

Key Facts

  • don't throw the baby out with the bathwater's instance of is recorded as idiom[3].
  • don't throw the baby out with the bathwater's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08099dd[4].
  • don't throw the baby out with the bathwater's main subject is recorded as discrimination[5].
  • don't throw the baby out with the bathwater's main subject is recorded as caution[6].
  • don't throw the baby out with the bathwater's main subject is recorded as infant[7].
  • don't throw the baby out with the bathwater's main subject is recorded as bathing[8].

Why It Matters

don't throw the baby out with the bathwater draws 127 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #31 of 97).[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater
MLA “don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{don't throw the baby out with the bathwater}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): don't throw the baby out with the bathwater — https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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