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English
Etymology
First recorded in the 14th-century poem Pearl, line 850. The phrase contains an instance of the comparative correlative use of the.
Proverb
the more the merrier
- Something is more fun with more people.
- A greater amount of something is better.
- Used to welcome another person into a group activity or encourage them to join in, suggesting that they will be easily accommodated.
Translations
it is more fun with more people
- Catalan: com més serem, més riurem (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 多多益善 (zh) (duō duō yì shàn), 越多越好 (yuè duō yuè hǎo)
- Danish: desto flere, desto sjovere
- Dutch: hoe meer zielen, hoe meer vreugd
- Estonian: mida rohkem, seda uhkem
- Finnish: enempi parempi
- French: plus on est de fous, plus on rit (fr)
- German: je mehr, desto besser
- Greek: όσο περισσότεροι, τόσο καλύτερα (óso perissóteroi, tóso kalýtera)
- Hungarian: (we…) minél többen vagyunk, annál jobban érezzük magunkat, (they…) minél többen vannak, annál jobban érzik magukat
- Indonesian: makin banyak makin meriah, semakin banyak semakin meriah
- Italian: più siamo meglio è
- Japanese: 多多益益弁ず (ja) (tata masumasu benzu)
- Korean: 다다익선(多多益善) (ko) (dadaikseon)
- Norwegian: jo flere, desto bedre, jo flere, jo bedre
- Polish: w kupie raźniej
- Portuguese: quanto mais, melhor
- Russian: (literal) чем бо́льше, тем веселе́е (čem bólʹše, tem veseléje), в тесноте́, да не в оби́де (ru) (v tesnoté, da ne v obíde), чем бо́льше, тем лу́чше (čem bólʹše, tem lúčše)
- Spanish: cuantos más, mejor
- Swedish: ju fler desto roligare, ju fler desto bättre
- Vietnamese: càng đông càng vui
- Walloon: pus k' on est d' sots, pus k' on reye (wa), pus çk' on-z est d' sots, pus çk' on reye (wa)
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a greater amount of something is better
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