trouble shared is a trouble halved

trouble shared is a trouble halved

Prov. If you tell someone about a problem you are having, or request someone's help with a problem, the problem will not seem so daunting. (Can be used to encourage someone to confide in you or ask for your help.) Jill: Is something wrong? You've seemed so depressed lately. Jane: Oh, I wouldn'twant to bother you with it. Jill: Don't be silly. A trouble shared is a trouble halved, remember.
See also: halve, share, trouble
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a trouble shared is a trouble halved
  • trouble shared is trouble halved
  • work the problem
  • stitch in time saves nine, a
  • Np
  • no problem
  • no probs
  • band-aid solution
  • solution
  • eureka moment
References in periodicals archive
After all, the old saying is that "a trouble shared is a trouble halved".
THOUGHT for the DAY
This rather gives the lie to the notion that a trouble shared is a trouble halved. But, I think it is true.
Don't overdo the problem sharing