(spoil)
111mine spoil, coal extraction — Randomly mixed, earthy materials artificially deposited as a result of either surficial or underground coal mining activities; a type of mine spoil. SW …
112mine spoil, metal-ore extraction — Randomly mixed, earthy materials artificially deposited as a result of either surficial or underground metal ore mining activities; a type of mine spoil. SW …
113too 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 …
114spare the rod and spoil the child — This means that if you don t discipline children, they will become spoilt …
115too many cooks spoil the broth — This means that where there are too many people trying to do something, they make a mess of it …
116don't spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar — ► don t spoil the ship for a ha p orth of tar proverb don t risk the failure of a large project by trying to economize on trivial things. [ORIGIN: referring to the use of tar to keep flies off sores on sheep (from dialect pronunciation of sheep… …
117spare the rod and spoil the child — ► spare the rod and spoil the child proverb if children are not physically punished when they do wrong their personal development will suffer. Main Entry: ↑rod …
118too 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 …
119make a spoon or spoil a horn — To attempt something at the risk of failure • • • Main Entry: ↑horn …
120too 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 …
