the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

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Compare the Bible, Matthew 6:3: "But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vasen käsi ei tiedä mitä oikea tekee — two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities
• Hungarian: nem tudja a bal kéz, mit csinál a jobb — two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities
• Italian: la mano destra non sa quello che fa la mano sinistra — two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities
• Polish: niech lewa ręka nie wie, co czyni prawa — two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities
• Portuguese: a mão esquerda não sabe o que faz a direita — two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities
• Spanish: la mano izquierda no sabe lo que hace la derecha — two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities