A Malaphorium malaphor

Many hands make more work.

A large crew of workers builds a wooden barn frame under a clear blue sky. Text: “Many hands make more work.”

Photograph: Randy Fath
Original photo: View on Unsplash
License: Unsplash License

Concept and visual curation by Mic Schut

Explain the joke, Peter

Original phrase

Many hands make light work

More helping hands should make a job easier. Unless coordinating everyone becomes the biggest job of all.

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