sān​gè​hé​shang​méi​shuǐ​hē

everybody's business is nobody's business

Senses

三个和尚没水喝/ 三個和尚沒水喝 sān​gè​hé​shang​méi​shuǐ​hē everybody's business is nobody's business

lit. three monks have no water to drink; a proverb meaning that when too many people are responsible for a task, nobody actually does the work.

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