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1 too many cooks spoil the broth
muchas manos en un plato hacen mucho garabatoexpr.• muchas manos en un plato hacen un garabato expr. -
2 Too many cooks spoil the broth
A muchos pastores, oveja muertaEnglish-Spanish proverbs dictionary > Too many cooks spoil the broth
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3 cook
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1. verb(to prepare (food) or become ready by heating: She cooked the chicken; The chicken is cooking in the oven.) cocinar, guisar, preparar (la comida), cocer
2. noun(a person who cooks, especially for a living: She was employed as a cook at the embassy.) cocinero, cocinera- cooker- cookery
- cookery-book
- cook up
cook1 n cocinerocook2 vb cocinar / hacer la comidatr[kʊk]1 cocinero,-a2 familiar (be planned) cocerse, tramarse■ what's cooking? ¿qué se está cocinando?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto cook somebody's goose estropearle los planes a alguiento cook the books amañar la cuentas, falsificar las cuentastoo many cooks spoil the broth muchas manos en un plato hacen mucho garabatocook ['kʊk] vi: cocinarcook vt1) : preparar (comida)2)to cook up concoct: inventar, tramarcook n: cocinero m, -ra fn.• cocinero, -era s.m.,f.• guisandero, -era s.m.,f.v.• adobar v.• cocer v.• cocinar v.• guisar v.kʊk
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noun cocinero, -ra m,fhe's a good cook — cocina muy bien, es muy buen cocinero
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a) \<\<food/meal\>\> hacer*, prepararb) ( falsify) (colloq) \<\<books/accounts\>\> amañar (fam)
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via) ( prepare food) cocinar, guisarb) ( become ready) \<\<food\>\> hacerse*Phrasal Verbs:- cook up[kʊk]1.N cocinero(-a) m / f2. VT1) (Culin) [+ rice, vegetables] cocinar, guisar; (=boil) cocer; (=grill) asar (a la parrilla); (=fry) freírto cook a meal — preparar or hacer una comida
- cook sb's goose2) * (=falsify) [+ accounts] falsificar- cook the books3. VI1) [food] cocinarse, cocerwhat's cooking? * — (fig) ¿qué se guisa?, ¿qué pasa?
2) [person] cocinar, guisar (esp LAm)can you cook? — ¿sabes cocinar?
- cook up* * *[kʊk]
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noun cocinero, -ra m,fhe's a good cook — cocina muy bien, es muy buen cocinero
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a) \<\<food/meal\>\> hacer*, prepararb) ( falsify) (colloq) \<\<books/accounts\>\> amañar (fam)
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via) ( prepare food) cocinar, guisarb) ( become ready) \<\<food\>\> hacerse*Phrasal Verbs:- cook up
См. также в других словарях:
too\ many\ cooks\ spoil\ the\ broth — • too many cooks spoil the broth • too many cooks spoil the stew proverb A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom … Словарь американских идиом
Too many cooks (spoil the broth). — Too many cooks (spoil the broth). something that you say which means that if too many people try to work on the same piece of work, they will spoil it. There were so many people working on the same project, no one knew what anyone else was doing … New idioms dictionary
too many cooks spoil the broth — too many managers cause problems, too many chiefs... The structure failed because it was designed by a group of architects. Too many cooks spoil the broth … English idioms
too many cooks spoil the broth — This means that where there are too many people trying to do something, they make a mess of it … The small dictionary of idiomes
too many cooks spoil the broth — ► too many cooks spoil the broth proverb if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well. Main Entry: ↑cook … English terms dictionary
too many cooks (spoil the broth) — informal phrase used for saying that something may be done badly if too many people try to do it together Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym Main entry: cook … Useful english dictionary
too many cooks spoil the broth — 1575[?] J. HOOKER Life of Carew (1857) 33 There is the proverb, the more cooks the worse potage. 1662 B. GERBIER Principles of Building 24 When..an undertaking hath been committed to many, it caused but confusion, and therefore it is a… … Proverbs new dictionary
too many cooks spoil the broth — proverb if too many people are involved in a task, it will not be done well * * * too many cooks spoil the ˈbroth idiom (saying) if too many people are involved in doing sth, it will not be done well Main entry: ↑cookidiom … Useful english dictionary
too many cooks spoil the broth — or[stew] A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. A proverb. * /When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, Let me do this by myself! Don… … Dictionary of American idioms
too many cooks spoil the broth — or[stew] A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. A proverb. * /When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, Let me do this by myself! Don… … Dictionary of American idioms
too\ many\ cooks\ spoil\ the\ stew — • too many cooks spoil the broth • too many cooks spoil the stew proverb A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company s investment policy, Tom … Словарь американских идиом