“Many hands make light work”in other languages
Things are easier, or only possible, when people work together.
Hungarian
Irish
Swahili
HungarianIrishSwahiliSame idea, different pictures
Swahili uses the body: one finger can't crush a louse, kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa.
Hungarian says many geese beat a pig, sok lúd disznót győz. Irish says there's no strength without unity, ní neart go cur le chéile. English has shared the work since the Middle Ages: many hands make light work.
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