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  • 101too many cooks spoil the broth — 1575[?] J. HOOKER Life of Carew (1857) 33 There is the proverb, the more cooks the worse potage. 1662 B. GERBIER Principles of Building 24 When..an undertaking hath been committed to many, it caused but confusion, and therefore it is a… …

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  • 102too\ many\ cooks\ spoil\ the\ broth — • too many cooks spoil the broth • too many cooks spoil the stew proverb A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom …

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  • 103too\ many\ cooks\ spoil\ the\ stew — • too many cooks spoil the broth • too many cooks spoil the stew proverb A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom …

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  • 104de|spoil´er — de|spoil «dih SPOYL», transitive verb. to strip of possessions; rob; plunder: »The cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments (Edward Gibbon). ╂[< Old French despoillier < Latin dēspoliāre < dē (intensive)… …

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  • 105de|spoil — «dih SPOYL», transitive verb. to strip of possessions; rob; plunder: »The cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments (Edward Gibbon). ╂[< Old French despoillier < Latin dēspoliāre < dē (intensive) +… …

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  • 106Too many cooks (spoil the broth). — Too many cooks (spoil the broth). something that you say which means that if too many people try to work on the same piece of work, they will spoil it. There were so many people working on the same project, no one knew what anyone else was doing …

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  • 107too many cooks spoil the broth — or[stew] A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. A proverb. * /When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, Let me do this by myself! Don… …

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  • 108too many cooks spoil the broth — or[stew] A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. A proverb. * /When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, Let me do this by myself! Don… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 109Q-Spoil — is a used to produce high power short duration optical pulses.This is achieved by introducing an active or passive optical absorber which in the active mode may be controlled by switching a Kerr Cell, whereas a passive absorber is a dye which can …

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  • 110Will Success Spoil Herman Munster? — is a season two episode of the hit sixties sitcom The Munsters. Plot Summary *The episode begins when Herman gets his hands on an audiotape recorder from one of Eddie s playmates. Herman plays with the tape recorder and records a version of the… …

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