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"dont throw the baby with the bath water"

Arabic translation: لا ترمِ الصالح مع الطالح، لا ترمِ السمين مع الغث

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English term or phrase:	"dont throw the baby with the bath water"
Arabic translation:	لا ترمِ الصالح مع الطالح، لا ترمِ السمين مع الغث

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14:45 Oct 29, 2004

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / comperative cultures

English term or phrase: "dont throw the baby with the bath water"

When the proverb Don't throw the baby out with the bath water or its parallel proverbial expression To throw the baby out with the bath water appear today in Anglo-American oral communication or in books, magazines, newspapers, advertisements or cartoons, hardly anybody would surmise that this common metaphorical phrase is actually of German origin and of relatively recent use in the English language.
I`m looking for the parallel in Arabic and not a accurate literal translation
Thank you!

shay_k

لا ترمِ الصالح مع الطالح، لا ترمِ السمين مع الغث

Explanation:
This is an English idiomatic expression that means "when you're making a change, save what matters to you and dispose off the rest".

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-10-29 14:59:22 GMT)
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ويمكننا أيضاً أن نقول:
لا ترمِ الطيب مع الخبيث

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ArabicSoft
Local time: 23:58

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thanks a lot

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