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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

19:07 Jun 18, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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
Brazil
Local time: 12:20
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
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw the baby out with ...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 11:20
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4descartaram a parte ruim e a parte boa
Izabel Santos
4 +2descartam tudo
Marlene Curtis
4 +1agir precipadamente - ser imprevidente
Marcos Antonio
4 +1deitar tudo fora sem aproveitar o que há de bom
José Crespo
4deixar ir tudo por água abaixo
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4.. e não aproveitaram nada
Lidia Saragaço
4"jogar o bebê com a água do banho"
Silvia Aquino


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 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: 12:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carla Griecco
16 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
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
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw the baby out with ...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 11:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 190
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carla Lopes
5 mins
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agree  airmailrpl: -
31 mins
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 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
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo Lino: Eu manteria a expressão literal (já a ouvi em português).
12 mins
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agree  airmailrpl: -
18 mins
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agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
15 hrs
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agree  José Henrique Moreira
19 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deixar ir tudo por água abaixo


Explanation:
Diria assim...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deitar tudo fora sem aproveitar o que há de bom


Explanation:


José Crespo
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
1 hr
  -> obrigado rhandler
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.. e não aproveitaram nada


Explanation:
another suggestion :)

Lidia Saragaço
Portugal
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"jogar o bebê com a água do banho"


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

Silvia Aquino
Brazil
Local time: 12:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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