many hands make light work

English

Pronunciation

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Proverb

many hands make light work

1. A large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.

Antonyms

• too many cooks spoil the broth

Translations

a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人多好辦事／人多好办事 (rénduō hǎobànshì), 人心齊，泰山移／人心齐，泰山移 (rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí)

• Danish: sammen er vi stærke
• Dutch: vele handen maken licht werk
• Esperanto: multaj manoj faras malpezan laboron
• Finnish: yhteistyö on voimaa
• French: l’union fait la force (fr)
• German: viele Hände machen bald ein Ende
• Greek: ισχύς εν τη ενώσει (ischýs en ti enósei), το 'να χέρι νίβει τ' άλλο και τα δυο το πρόσωπο (to 'na chéri nívei t' állo kai ta dyo to prósopo), κράτα με να σε κρατώ, ν' ανεβούμε το βουνό (kráta me na se krató, n' anevoúme to vounó)
• Icelandic: margar hendur vinna létt verk
• Italian: l'unione fa la forza
• Kikuyu: kamũingĩ koyaga ndĩrĩ
• Korean: 백지장도 맞들면 낫다 (ko) (baekjijangdo matdeulmyeon natda)
• Luxembourgish: vill Hänn maachen liicht Aarbecht
• Portuguese: a união faz a força
• Russian: берись дружно, не будет грузно (berisʹ družno, ne budet gruzno, literally “take it together, and it won't be heavy”)
• Samoan: e tele lima e mama ai galuega
• Swedish: många svaga är starka tillsammans
• Turkish: bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var

See also

• make light work of
• teamwork makes the dream work
• Ringelmann effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia