many hands make light work
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Many hands make light work definition
Large tasks become small when divided among several people.
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Idioms & Phrases
many hands make light work
More helpers make a task easier, as in We need a few more volunteers to move the furniture
many hands make light work, you know. This proverb was first recorded in English in the early 1300s in a knightly romance known as Sir Bevis of Hampton. It appeared in practically all proverb collections from 1546 on. For the converse, see too many cooks spoil the broth.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Many hands make light work
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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