"因噎廢食"用英語怎麼說?
“因噎廢食”,漢語成語,字面意思是因爲吃東西噎住,索性就什麼也不吃了(give up eating for fear of choking)。比喻由於出了點小毛病或怕出問題就把應該做的事情停下來不幹了。可以翻譯爲“refrain from doing something for fear of a possible risk”。與英語俚語“throw the baby out with the bath water”意思相近,表示“to discard something valuable along with something not desired, usually unintentionally”。
例句:
You can’t close the airport because one airline has problems--that’s just throwing out the baby with the bath water.