Too many cooks spoil the broth

[Ben Jamin]

Have you got a proverb in your language that has the same meaning (It is better to have one or a few people do a job than to have many people do it)?
I am most interested in proverbs where ‘cooks’ are involved, but I’ll also gladly accept anything with the same meaning.

 

[apmoy70]

In Greek:

«Όπου λαλούν πολλοί κοκκόροι, αργεί να ξημερώσει»'
/'opu la'lun po'li ko'kori ar'ji na ksime'rosi/
"Where many roosters are crowing/crow, dawn arrives late"

«Οι πολλοί καπεταναίοι ρίχνουν έξω το καράβι»
/i po'li kapeta'nei 'rixnun 'ekso to ka'ravi/
"Too many captains run the ship ashore"

 

[Rallino]

In Turkish:

Nerede çokluk, orada bokluk. (Where plurality, there shittyness.)

 

[rusita preciosa]

[Wasn't there a thread on that?]

I shiver every time I hear the Russian one: У семи нянек дитя без глаза - seven nannies have a child without an eye.

 

[rusita preciosa]

Here you go

 

[hui]

Finnish:

Mitä useampi kokki, sitä huonompi soppa.
The more cooks, the worse the soup.

 

[Arath]

Bulgarian:

Много баби, хилаво дете, literal translation: Many grannies - feeble/puny child

 

[ElFrikiChino]

We use the same saying (sort of) for business. It isn't really a saying, so it varies from region to region. But the meaning is: a company (as in partnership) should be formed by an odd number of people, and three are too many.

No rooster, but it has always made me laugh

EFC

 

[mataripis]

Tagalog: Pag maraming palusot , malapit sa gusot. ( too many reasons, more problems may happen)

 

[Anja.Ann]

Hi everybody

In Italian we say: "Troppi galli a cantare e non si fa mai giorno" literally: "When there are too many cocks crowing at the same time, the sun never rises"

 

[Encolpius]

magyar Sok szakács közt sós a leves.

 

[ger4]

In German it's porridge: Zu viele Köche verderben den Brei - lit.: 'Too many cooks spoil the porridge'

 

[810senior]

In Japanese: 船頭多くして船山に登る[sendou.ookushite.fune.yama.ni.noboru] : Too many sailors will steer the ship to the mountain.
Our variation is added with sailors instead of cooks. for some reason, they head for the mountain.

 

[ThomasK]

Dutch: te veel koks verderven [verzouten, saltify] de brij [like mash].

I am just wondering whether we don't use some other expression to express this, but I cannot find it right now...

 

[Sempervirens]

Hi everybody

In Italian we say: "Troppi galli a cantare e non si fa mai giorno" literally: "When there are too many cocks crowing at the same time, the sun never rises"

Ciao, Anja! Ma si parla di galli, di cuochi, o di altro di scandaloso?

Con troppi galli nel pollaio aspettiamo il macellaio!
Troppi cuochi in cucina fan mancare la farina.
Troppi falli pochi fatti!

Per oggi ho riso abbastanza!

S.V