Proverb: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

too many people ruin a task

Examples

• Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Key rules

• Too many cooks spoil the broth means too many people involved in a task make it worse
• It is a proverb used as advice
• It is used as a complete sentence with "too many" + plural noun
• The noun "cooks" is plural

Common mistakes

• Too many cook spoil the broth → Too many cooks spoil the broth