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| capt bullshot:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on September 01, 2022, 08:03:11 pm --- I hope Zucca won't, to use an English expression, throw the baby out with the bathwater. --- End quote --- That's interesting - are you trying to kid on us, or is this an real English expression? I'm asking since the literal translation "Das Baby (or Das Kind) mit dem Bad ausschütten" is a common German expression. Usually literally translations of such expressions don't work. |
| Zucca:
I request to remove the above discussion about baby and water because it is off topic. Or... am I just trying to throw out the water without the baby? >:D |
| Specmaster:
--- Quote from: capt bullshot on September 01, 2022, 08:18:36 pm --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on September 01, 2022, 08:03:11 pm --- I hope Zucca won't, to use an English expression, throw the baby out with the bathwater. --- End quote --- That's interesting - are you trying to kid on us, or is this an real English expression? I'm asking since the literal translation "Das Baby (or Das Kind) mit dem Bad ausschütten" is a common German expression. Usually literally translations of such expressions don't work. --- End quote --- It is a real genuine English saying, I kid you not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_throw_the_baby_out_with_the_bathwater |
| capt bullshot:
--- Quote from: Zucca on September 01, 2022, 08:23:59 pm ---I request to remove the above discussion about baby and water because it is off topic. Or... am I just trying to throw out the water without the baby? >:D --- End quote --- I'm sorry. I tried hard, but couldn't resist: |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: capt bullshot on September 01, 2022, 08:18:36 pm --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on September 01, 2022, 08:03:11 pm --- I hope Zucca won't, to use an English expression, throw the baby out with the bathwater. --- End quote --- That's interesting - are you trying to kid on us, or is this an real English expression? I'm asking since the literal translation "Das Baby (or Das Kind) mit dem Bad ausschütten" is a common German expression. Usually literally translations of such expressions don't work. --- End quote --- Yes, it is an English expression, but... It seems we stole it researched it from a Teutonic original, Germany not existing that long ago :) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_throw_the_baby_out_with_the_bathwater Thank you for prodding my preconceptions! |
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