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too many cooks spoil the stew

too many cooks spoil the stew 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...

Questions about too many cooks spoil the stew

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

Words near too many cooks spoil the stew in the dictionary

  1. too many balls in the air
  2. too many chefs spoil the broth
  3. too many chiefs and not enough indians
  4. too many cooks spoil the broth
  5. too many cooks spoil the soup
  6. too many cooks spoil the stew
  7. too many cooks spoils the broth
  8. Too Many Mouths
  9. too much
  10. too much bed makes a dull head
  11. too much information

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