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too many cooks spoil the broth

too many cooks spoil the broth proverb: if too many people participate in a task, especially in a leading role, the task will not be done very well.

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...

too many cooks spoil the broth meaning in Persian, Thai, Vietnamese and Myanmar

too many cooks spoil the broth in Persian

with too many people a task won't be done very well
آشپز که دوتا شد، آش یا شور میشود، یا بینمک âšpaz ke do-tâ šod, âš yâ šur mišavad, yâ bi-namak

too many cooks spoil the broth in Thai

with too many people a task won't be done very well
มากหมอมากความ

too many cooks spoil the broth in Vietnamese

with too many people a task won't be done very well
lắm thầy nhiều ma, chín người mười ý

too many cooks spoil the broth in Myanmar

with too many people a task won't be done very well
ဆရာများ သားသေ hca.ra-mya: sa:se

Antonyms of too many cooks spoil the broth

Forms of too many cooks spoil the broth

alternative uncommontoo many cooks spoils the broth
alternative formtoo many chefs spoil the broth
alternative formtoo many cooks spoil the soup
alternative formtoo many cooks spoil the stew
alternative formtoo many skippers sink the ship
alternative formtoo many cooks in the kitchen

Questions about too many cooks spoil the broth

What does too many cooks spoil the broth mean?
Too many cooks spoil the broth means if too many people participate in a task, especially in a leading role, the task will not be done very well.
What is too many cooks spoil the broth in Persian?
Too many cooks spoil the broth in Persian is آشپز که دوتا شد، آش یا شور میشود، یا بینمک (âšpaz ke do-tâ šod, âš yâ šur mišavad, yâ bi-namak). See Too many cooks spoil the broth meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is too many cooks spoil the broth?
Too many cooks spoil the broth is a proverb.

Words near too many cooks spoil the broth in the dictionary

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

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