“Where there are many nannies, the child is without an eye.”

Де багато няньок, там дитина без ока. De bahato nianok, tam dytyna bez oka

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“Too many people in charge and nothing gets done.”

also: “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” · “Everyone's responsible, so nobody is.”

📖 Meaning: When too many people share responsibility, the job is done badly.
💡 Why it's funny: English spoils some soup. Ukrainian loses the child an eye — the same lesson with dramatically higher stakes.
🧭 Closest English idiom: “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”
📝 Explanation: Used about committees, group projects and family decisions.

🧠 Learn

responsibility (noun) — the duty to deal with something — відповідальність “Nobody took responsibility for the mistake.”
spoil the broth (idiom) — to ruin something because too many people interfere — зіпсувати справу “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”

🗣 In context

Проєкт вели п'ятеро — і провалили. Де багато няньок…

Five people ran the project and it failed. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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Questions people ask

What does “Where there are many nannies, the child is without an eye.” mean?

When too many people share responsibility, the job is done badly.

How do you say «Де багато няньок, там дитина без ока.» in English?

Naturally: “Too many people in charge and nothing gets done.”. The closest English idiom is “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”.