English / proverb
A Camel Is a Horse Made by a Committee
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A variant asserting that bureaucratic dilution turns an otherwise functional plan into a clumsy result.
In context
01
The amended legislation was so convoluted that critics called it a camel is a horse made by a committee.
02
When six departments forced conflicting features into the software, a camel was a horse made by a committee.
Synonyms
muddled compromise,diluted execution,bureaucratic failure
Antonyms
cohesive execution,crisp delivery,masterstroke of simplicity
Collocations
turn out like a camel is a horse made by a committee,observe that a camel is a horse made by a committee,warn that a camel is a horse made by a committee