too many cooks spoils the broth

== English == === Proverb === too many cooks spoils the broth Uncommon form of too many cooks spoil the broth. === References === Zellig S[abbettai] Harris (1970), “Transformational Theory”, in Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics (Formal Linguistics Series; 1), Dordrecht, South Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, →LCCN, section “Transformations”, page 560: “Evidence of a dropped Vap is particularly clear when a plural subject has a singular verb: Too many cooks spoils the broth←Having (or The action of) too many cooks spoils the broth (the common form Too many cooks spoil the broth is not understandable literally); […]”. Central Intelligence Agency (August 1971), “Know Your Idioms”, in Language Highlights: A Review of Foreign Language Developments of Interest to Agency Personnel, number 1, The Language School, Office of Training, page 10, column 1: James D[avid] McCawley (1984), “Introduction”, in Otto Jespersen, Analytic Syntax, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page xii: