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baby out with the bathwater

Portuguese translation: descartou

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English term or phrase:	baby out with the bathwater
Portuguese translation:	descartou
Entered by:	Paula Mangia Garcia Terra

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19:07 Jun 18, 2009

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Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / Web Semântica

English term or phrase: baby out with the bathwater

In fact, the early hyperbole directed at the Semantic Web has prompted many pundits and skeptics to ignore the impressive breakthroughs that the community has yielded and effectively throw the baby out with the bathwater by dismissing the whole notion as a failed fad.

A comunidade produziu e eficazmente descartou??
Toda ajuda será bem-vinda!!

Paula Mangia Garcia Terra KudoZ activity Questions: 120 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 199 Brazil
Local time: 05:29

descartam tudo

Explanation:
throw the baby out with the bath water
to get rid of the good parts as well as the bad parts of something when you are trying to improve it I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bath water. There are some good features of the present system that I think we should retain
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:29

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Muito obrigada!!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

descartaram a parte ruim e a parte boa

Izabel Santos

4 +2

descartam tudo

Marlene Curtis

4 +1

agir precipadamente - ser imprevidente

Marcos Antonio

4 +1

deitar tudo fora sem aproveitar o que há de bom

José Crespo

"jogar o bebê com a água do banho"

silvia367325

deixar ir tudo por água abaixo

Teresa Borges

.. e não aproveitaram nada

Lidia Saragaço

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

agir precipadamente - ser imprevidente

Explanation:
Sug.

Expressão idiomática
- throw the baby out with the bathwater : agir precipadamente - ser imprevidente

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 05:29
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 91

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

descartam tudo

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 103

Grading comment

Muito obrigada!!

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

descartaram a parte ruim e a parte boa

Explanation:
Sugestão:
não seria interessante marcar que eles descartaram o que prestava e o que não prestava?

jogaram o que havia de ruim e bom
ou jogaram tudo indiscriminadamente
descartaram, se livraram do que era bom e do que era ruim
"jogaram fora a água suja junto com o bebê"

Izabel Santos
Local time: 05:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

29 mins confidence:

deixar ir tudo por água abaixo

Explanation:
Diria assim...

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 08:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 44

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

deitar tudo fora sem aproveitar o que há de bom

Explanation:

José Crespo
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 hr confidence:

.. e não aproveitaram nada

Explanation:
another suggestion :)

Lidia Saragaço
Portugal
Local time: 07:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

6 hrs confidence:

"jogar o bebê com a água do banho"

Explanation:
tradução literal, ou não, a expressão existe em português.

silvia367325
Local time: 05:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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Changes made by editors

Jun 20, 2009 - Changes made by Paula Mangia Garcia Terra:
Edited KOG entry	Paula Mangia Garcia Terra's old entry - "baby out with the bathwater" => "descartam tudo "

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