كثرة الطباخين تحرق الطبخة
“Too many cooks burn the dish.”
Too many people trying to manage one task leads to confusion and poor results.
— Traditional Saudi Arabia Wisdom, Saudi Arabia
Source: Traditional Arabic proverb common in Saudi Arabia, public-domain oral tradition
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