a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
proverb Committees take a very long time to accomplish something, if they accomplish anything at all. A pun on "minutes," which is a record of what is discussed at a particular meeting. A: "The task force has been in a meeting all day! How can they not have reached a decision by now?" B: "Well, a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- group
- you can't dance at two weddings at once
- you can't dance at two weddings at the same time
- you can't sit in two chairs at once
- you can't sit in two chairs at the same time
- for the long haul
- he travels (the) fastest who travels alone
- He travels fastest who travels alone
- stick at nothing
- a race against time