phrase
Mnogo baba, kilavo dete
too many midwives, a sickly child
у семи нянек дитя без глазу (baba здесь — повитуха)
With stress
Mnȍgo bȃbā, kȉlavo déte
In Cyrillic
Много баба, килаво дете
In phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- Kȍ rȁno rȁnī, dvȇ srȅće grȁbīthe early riser catches two strokes of luck
- Bez mȕke néma nàukeno learning without hardship
- Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkadathe wolf changes its coat but never its temper
- Bȍlje vrábac u rúci nȅgo gȍlūb na gránia sparrow in the hand beats a pigeon on the branch
- Kȍ drȕgome jȁmu kȍpā, sam u njȗ ùpadāhe who digs a pit for another falls into it himself
- Bȍlje ȉkad nȅgo nȉkadbetter ever than never
- Nȉje zlȃto svȅ štȍ sȉjāall that glitters is not gold
- Tȉha vòda brȇg rȍnīstill water wears away the bank
- U láži su krátke nȍgelies have short legs
- Bȍlje spréčiti nȅgo léčitiprevention is better than cure