many hands
Multiple people assisting
Many hands is short for the proverb "many hands make light work"—the idea that tasks become easier when shared among multiple people.
The phrase often appears in contexts encouraging collective effort: We need many hands for the cleanup this weekend.
It can also justify delegation or group projects where individual burden decreases as participation increases.
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- joint effortCombined work toward goal
- helpingSingle portion given
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
crowd · collective · labor · cooperation · working together · community · workforce · assembly · pitching in · group · together · lifting · light work · building · harvest · barn raising · united · joined
- helpingaid, assist, help, support, help out
- proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
- delegation phrasesdelegate, pass the buck, farm out, assign, outsource
many handssolo effort
single-handed · going it alone · skeleton crew · unaided · unassisted
many handsone-man show
Performance by single artist
carrying the load · self-reliance · do-it-yourself · rugged individualism · DIY
many, hands, hand, handed, handy, handily, handiness, handful, handfuls