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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)?
Check tub and toss,
so it won't be me.
What cautionary admonition is expressed by the riddle (it's a common phrase)?
Hint
It involves a baby and a tub. So what's probably been happening? Then, what's going to happen next?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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I've never heard that saying so it was hard for me.
Thanks, PDtoad ... for the visit and comment.
Ya ... it's a VERY old expression, but it's always been a fav of mine.
Ya ... it's a VERY old expression, but it's always been a fav of mine.
OH MY GOSH! I feel so dumb! I never heard the phrase and I thought it was a song!
Good Job! I knew the expression! I thought it was really creative! Keep em comming!
I knew the expression, I just couldn't make the connection till I saw the answer Good Job!
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Very good. I too, knew the phrase - wow does that make me feel old! But, I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP NOW!!!
YAH im soooooooo good! ne ways one word can describe all the teasers ive heard from you..........
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I knew the saying maybe cause I am older then most but it was good. keep up the good work.
i knew the it right of the bat. I really liked it.
Since it's the first time I've heard the expression, I didn't get the riddle.
i got it right away.. because i already knew the saying, but im only fourteen.. where have these people been?
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.
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.
did u make that up or something?
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to tt ....
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uh-huh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee)
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uh-huh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee)
and ... to icequeen (back up a few)
.... or something !!!
ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee)
.... or something !!!
ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee)
got it! it's a good one!
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