因噎废食,汉语成语,字面意思是由于吃东西噎住,索性就什么也不吃了(give up eating for fear of choking)。比喻因为出了点小问题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。与英文俚语throw the baby out with the bath water意思相近,表示to discard1 something valuable along with something not desired, usually unintentionally。
例句:
不可以由于一个航空公司出问题就关闭机场,如此做就是因噎废食。
You cant close the airport because one airline has problems--thats just throwing out the baby with the bath water.