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У СЕМИ НЯНЕК ДИТЯ БЕЗ ГЛАЗУ (saying) а matter suffers when several people are in charge of it (because each wants to handle it his own way, each expects s.o. else to handle it, or there is a general lack of coordination among those in charge): - too many cooks spoil the broth (the soup) everybody's business is nobody's business.

Вскоре после манифеста семнадцатого октября задумана была большая демонстрация от Тверской заставы к Калужской. Это было начинание в духе пословицы «у семи нянек дитя без глазу» (Пастернак 1). Soon after the manifesto of October 17th several revolutionary organizations called for a big demonstration. The route was from Tver Gate to the Kaluga Gate at the other end of the town. But this was a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth (1a). о