"too many chiefs and not enough Indians" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [英語]

  1. 酋長ばかりが多くてインディアンが足りない:みんなが指示を出す立場になろうとして誰もそれを実行するために働こうとしないので、物事がうまく運ばないことの喩え。物事をうまく運ぶためにはリーダーだけでなく実行する人が必要だということ。船頭多くして船山に登る。
    Sense id: ja-too_many_chiefs_and_not_enough_Indians-en-phrase-VsxUDUKS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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