«اِلسِّت وِالْجَارْيَهْ عَلَى صَحْنِ بِسَارْيَهْ»

The saying pictures a mistress and her maidservant both busy cooking a single plate of small fish, of no particular kind. Two people laboring over so slight a dish makes the effort look far larger than the result deserves.

Taken as a whole, it is said when many people gather around a task too minor to need them. The target is the mismatch between the size of the crew and the smallness of the work, not the workers' skill.

Fits remarks about a small errand, a simple meal, or a minor chore that draws more helpers than it needs. Use it lightly, as gentle teasing of people crowding around a trivial job.