Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Helen Nguyen

2021-02-21 07:02

Meaning of Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

Synonyms:

Too Many Cook In The Kitchen , too many cooks spoil the soup

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth British proverb spoken language

Used when there are too many people involved in a task, and this can lead to a failure or its likely outcome isn't good

I think five people should be enough in our project. You know, too many cooks spoil the broth.

I told you too many cooks spoil the broth. See, now we have to do it again.

A: "Let me give you a hand" B: "Thank you! But too many cooks spoil the broth."

Other phrases about:

the rot sets in

Used to talk about a situation which begins to worsen

a/one false move

An action that has the potential to exacerbate an already dire situation.

Origin of Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

*This proverb derives from the imagery of many cooks adding ingredients to a soup until it becomes a mess (Source: funkyenglish)*

This proverb derives from the imagery of many cooks adding ingredients to a soup until it becomes a mess. An evidence proves that this phrase has been in use since 1575, when the English historian John Hooker wrote The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew. In that he included the line:

"There is the proverb, the more cooks the worse potage."

If Hooker considered the notion proverbial in 1575 it must be one of the earliest proverbs that are still with us today in their early form. (Source: phrases.org.uk)