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the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing phrase: two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities.

Phrase

the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

  1. Two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities.

Origin of the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

Compare the Bible, Matthew 6:3: "But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."

Questions about the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

What does the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing mean?
The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing means two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities.
What part of speech is the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing?
The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing is a phrase.

Words near the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing in the dictionary

  1. the latchstring is out
  2. the law is a ass
  3. the law is an arse
  4. the law is an ass
  5. the laws of thermodynamics
  6. the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
  7. the length of the Flemington straight
  8. The Lick
  9. the life out of
  10. the lights are on but no one's home
  11. the lights are on but nobody's home

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