"因噎废食"用英语怎么说?
“因噎废食”,汉语成语,字面意思是因为吃东西噎住,索性就什么也不吃了(give up eating for fear of choking)。比喻由于出了点小毛病或怕出问题就把应该做的事情停下来不干了。可以翻译为“refrain from doing something for fear of a possible risk”。与英语俚语“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.