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Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Baby I am and baby I'll be.
Check tub and toss,
so it won't be me.
What cautionary admonition is expressed by the riddle (it's a common phrase)?
HintIt involves a baby and a tub. So what's probably been happening? Then, what's going to happen next?
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Answer
Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Prior to indoor plumbing people commonly bathed or did washing in a portable tub, the contents of which were then *tossed* or thrown out into the yard.
The expression signifies not doing something dire or damaging while in the process of doing something routine or habitual.
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psychedelictoad  
Mar 30, 2005
| I've never heard that saying so it was hard for me.  |
badbunnee
Mar 30, 2005
| Thanks, PDtoad ... for the visit and comment.
Ya ... it's a VERY old expression, but it's always been a fav of mine.
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koolkat57 
Mar 30, 2005
| OH MY GOSH! I feel so dumb! I never heard the phrase and I thought it was a song!  |
smurfy
Mar 30, 2005
| Good Job! I knew the expression! I thought it was really creative! Keep em comming!  |
TehIgnored 
Mar 30, 2005
| I knew the expression, I just couldn't make the connection till I saw the answer Good Job! |
katiebeth123
Mar 30, 2005
| STELLLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
badbunnee
Mar 30, 2005
| PUNCH MY STREETCAR TICKET !!!!!! |
elyse
Mar 31, 2005
| I DESIRE THIS TEASER!!!!!!!! |
froggygg
Mar 31, 2005
| Very good. I too, knew the phrase - wow does that make me feel old! But, I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP NOW!!! |
DJNic
Apr 02, 2005
| YAH im soooooooo good! ne ways one word can describe all the teasers ive heard from you..........
AWSOME!!!!!!!!! |
lilmamie69
Apr 03, 2005
| I knew the saying maybe cause I am older then most but it was good. keep up the good work. |
brainybaby
Apr 04, 2005
| i knew the it right of the bat. I really liked it. |
rac76
Apr 05, 2005
| Since it's the first time I've heard the expression, I didn't get the riddle.  |
qwertyuiop
Apr 08, 2005
| i got it right away.. because i already knew the saying, but im only fourteen.. where have these people been? |
badbunnee
Apr 09, 2005
| Hi ... qwerty ...
Maybe the all got thrown out with the daily Braingle bathwater ????
No .... (we must be serious, here) ... although you and I might be familiar with the expression there are LOTS of people who grew up in families, or regions, or parts of the world who never used that expression.
Simply because these are often called "common phrases" does not mean they are "common" to us all or that we should be critical of those who haven't heard them.
There was a recent rebus based on "dragged through a hedge backwards" that I reacted to for the wrong reasons. Although I was familiar with the phrase, having seen it several places in the literature over the past years, I was negative in that I felt it was a colloquial that was LOCALIZED too much (not that well-known to us USA Yankee jerks). Obviously the editors differed with me (not the first time). I should have taken my own advice and backed off.
Thank you for the visit and the comment.
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icequeen05
Apr 14, 2005
| did u make that up or something?
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ttmama
Apr 14, 2005
| what
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LittleBrownElf
Apr 23, 2005
| to tt ....
(what
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )
uh-huh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee) |
LittleBrownElf
Apr 23, 2005
| and ... to icequeen (back up a few)
.... or something !!!
ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee) |
gilco
Jun 01, 2005
| got it! it's a good one! |
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