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too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth

too many cooks spoil the broth

English

Proverb

too many cooks spoil the broth

If too many people participate in a task, the task will not be done very well.

Antonyms

Translations

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 人多添亂, 人多添乱 ‎(rén duō tiān luàn), 人多誤事, 人多误事 ‎(rén duō wù shì), 人多手腳亂, 人多手脚乱 ‎(rén duō shǒujiǎo luàn)
Czech: příliš mnoho kuchařů přesolí polévku
Danish: for mange kokke fordærver maden
Dutch: veel koks bederven de brij, veel koks verzouten de brij
Finnish: mitä useampi kokki, sitä huonompi soppa
German: (zu) viele Köche verderben den Brei (de)
Greek: όπου λαλούν πολλοί κοκόροι αργεί να ξημερώσει ‎(ópou laloún polloí kokóroi argeí na ximerósei)

Hebrew: בְּרֹב חוֹבְלִים תְּטְבַּעְנָה הַסְּפִינוֹת ‎(beróv ẖovlím titbá'na hasfinót) (with many naval officers the ships will drown)
Italian: troppi galli nel pollaio
Japanese: 船頭多くして船山に登る (ja) ‎(せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる, sendō ōkushite fune yama-ni noboru)
Polish: gdzie kucharek sześć, tam nie ma co jeść (pl)
Portuguese: quem não ajuda não atrapalha, muita cera queima a igreja, a cera sobeja queima a igreja
Romanian: copilul cu mai multe moașe rămâne cu buricul netăiat
Russian: у семи́ ня́нек дитя́ без гла́за (ru) ‎(u semí njánek ditjá bez gláza) (seven nannies leave a child without care)
Spanish: muchas manos en un plato causan arrebato
Swedish: ju fler kockar, desto sämre soppa
Vietnamese: lắm thầy nhiều ma ‎(too many shamans, too many ghosts)

See also

too many chiefs and not enough Indians