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Many hands make light work.
English proverb
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In plain words

A job shared between lots of people stops being heavy.

Where these words come from

How sure this is
85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
Documented English proverb, first recorded in John Heywood's proverb collection "A Dialogue Containing the Number in Effect of All the Proverbs in the English Tongue" (1546); in continuous use in English proverb collections since.
Sources checked
  • idiomorigins.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026Traces earliest English recording to Heywood 1546

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