Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater when you change the system.
baby and bathwater
idiomUsed in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
Origin
disputed originFrom the phrase throw the baby out with the bathwater.
While we need to fix the budget, we should not throw the baby out with the bathwater by cutting essential services.
In their rush to modernize the company, the new managers threw the baby out with the bathwater by discarding the very traditions that made the brand successful.
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baby elephant in the room
An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.
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baby step
A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
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baby up
To treat as a baby.
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basin of gravy
[Cockney slang]baby
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be left holding the baby
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
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food baby
A protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.
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leave someone holding the baby
To abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.
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make baby Jesus cry
To provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.