Meaning
Too many people working on one task get in each other's way and spoil it — the Jamaican 'too many cooks spoil the broth'. When too many rats try to dig the same hole, the digging goes badly. A proverb about the confusion and poor results of having too many hands, and too many bosses, on a single job.
Examples
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Everybody a give order an nuttn nah get done — too much rat neva dig good hole.
Everyone's giving orders and nothing's getting done — too many cooks spoil the broth.
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Lef it to one person; too much rat neva dig good hole.
Leave it to one person; too many hands spoil the work.
Origin
A traditional proverb; too many rats dig a poor hole. See [[two-bull-cyaan-reign]].
How it’s used
Too many people/bosses on one task spoil it. See [[two-bull-cyaan-reign]].