Which Many Hands Make Light Work?

The proverbial and idiomatic expression many hands make light work means that the more people working to accomplish a task, the quicker and easier it will be completed. It is often used to encourage people to come together and share in required work.

Who first said many hands make light work?

John Heywood - Many hands make light work.

Is many hands make light work an idiom?

More helpers make a task easier, as in We need a few more volunteers to move the furniture-many hands make light work, you know . This proverb was first recorded in English in the early 1300s in a knightly romance known as Sir Bevis of Hampton.