Proverb of the day

Ahram Online , Friday 6 Mar 2015

Too many cooks...

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الإبرة اللى فيها خيطين ما تخيطش

El ebrah elli fiha kheitin ma tekhayyatsh

Translation: The needle that has two threads can't sew.

Meaning: Too many cooks spoil the soup. You cannot focus on a task if you're distracted with two opinions, two ways of getting results. So give the lead to one person and get the job done.

Source: ُEgyptian proverbs, (Al-Ahram Center For Translation and Publishing, 1986)  by Ahmed Taymour Pasha, 

Translated by: Nabil Shawkat

 

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