Alternative form of too many cooks spoil the broth

simple past tense and past participle of have one's fingers in many pies

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of have one's fingers in many pies

Used to ask the interlocutor how many languages he or she speaks.

To be knowledgeable about how the world works; to have common sense and judgement.

Many people will seek credit for success, but few will accept responsibility for failure.

Used to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.

Alternative spelling of om mani padme hum

(Buddhism) A mantra associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.

An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese syllabaries; used in the Manyoshū, a poetic anthology.