lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) · fig. everybody's business is nobody's business · (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
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Meanings
1lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
2fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
3(If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)