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many hands make light work

phraseC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

Many hands make light work means a job is easy when everybody helps. Come and help, many hands make light work.

It is said to recruit rather than to describe, which is its real function. It sits directly against too many cooks, and both are true of different jobs.

Definitions of many hands make light work

  1. 1phrasemany hands make light workA job is easy when everybody helps.C1

    “They cleared the hall in twenty minutes, since many hands make light work.”

many hands make light work is a saying.

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