too many chiefs and not enough Indians

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• French: trop de chefs, pas assez d'indiens — too many leaders or managers and not enough people doing useful work
• Polish: sami szefowie i nikogo do pracy — too many leaders or managers and not enough people doing useful work
• Portuguese: muito cacique para pouco índio — too many leaders or managers and not enough people doing useful work
• Swedish: många hövdingar, men få indianer — too many leaders or managers and not enough people doing useful work