Phrase guide

many hands make light work

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

A large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: сговорна дружина планина повдига (sgovorna družina planina povdiga) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人多好辦事 /人多好办事 (rénduō hǎobànshì) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人心齊,泰山移 /人心齐 — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰山移 (rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Danish: sammen er vi stærke — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Dutch: vele handen maken licht werk — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Esperanto: multaj manoj faras malpezan laboron — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Finnish: yhteistyö on voimaa — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • French: l'union fait la force — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • German: viele Hände machen bald ein Ende — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Greek: ισχύς εν τη ενώσει (ischýs en ti enósei) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Greek: το ’να χέρι νίβει τ’ άλλο και τα δυο το πρόσωπο (to ’na chéri nívei t’ állo kai ta dyo to prósopo) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Greek: κράτα με να σε κρατώ — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Greek: ν’ ανεβούμε το βουνό (kráta me na se krató, n’ anevoúme to vounó) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Icelandic: margar hendur vinna létt verk — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Italian: l'unione fa la forza — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Kikuyu: kamũingĩ koyaga ndĩrĩ — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Korean: 백지장도 맞들면 낫다 (baekjijangdo matdeulmyeon natda) — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Luxembourgish: vill Hänn maachen liicht Aarbecht — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Polish: co dwóch, to nie jeden — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Portuguese: a união faz a força — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Samoan: e tele lima e mama ai galuega — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Swedish: många svaga är starka tillsammans — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily
  • Turkish: bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var — a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily