Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth British proverb spoken language
Used when there are too many people involved in a task, and this can lead to a failure or its likely outcome isn't good
I think five people should be enough in our project. You know, too many cooks spoil the broth.
I told you too many cooks spoil the broth. See, now we have to do it again.
A: "Let me give you a hand" B: "Thank you! But too many cooks spoil the broth."
Used to talk about a situation which begins to worsen
An action that has the potential to exacerbate an already dire situation.
This proverb derives from the imagery of many cooks adding ingredients to a soup until it becomes a mess. An evidence proves that this phrase has been in use since 1575, when the English historian John Hooker wrote The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew. In that he included the line:
"There is the proverb, the more cooks the worse potage."
If Hooker considered the notion proverbial in 1575 it must be one of the earliest proverbs that are still with us today in their early form. (Source: phrases.org.uk)
To say the same thing repeatedly
Ok, I get it! You sound like a broken record, seriously!