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too many chefs spoil the broth

too many chefs spoil the broth is the alternative form of too many cooks spoil the broth.

Meaning of too many cooks spoil the broth

Proverb

too many cooks spoil the broth

  1. If too many people participate in a task, especially in a leading role, the task will not be done very well.
    • She professes to keep her own counsel; she says, and truly enough, that “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”c. 1803–1805, Jane Austen, “The Watsons”, in J[ames] E[dward] Austen[-]Leigh, A Memoir of Jane Austen: […] to which is Added Lady Susan and Fragments of Two Other Unfinished Tales by Miss Austen, 2nd...

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What is too many chefs spoil the broth the alternative form of?
Too many chefs spoil the broth is the alternative form of too many cooks spoil the broth.

Words near too many chefs spoil the broth in the dictionary

  1. too late
  2. too little, too late
  3. too long; didn't read
  4. too many
  5. too many balls in the air
  6. too many chefs spoil the broth
  7. too many chiefs and not enough indians
  8. too many cooks spoil the broth
  9. too many cooks spoil the soup
  10. too many cooks spoil the stew
  11. too many cooks spoils the broth

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