| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| te veel koks bederf die bry | ⇆ too many cooks spoil the broth |
| bederf | ⇆ addle; ⇆ adulterate; ⇆ bad; ⇆ blown; ⇆ go bad; ⇆ spoil; ⇆ cankered; ⇆ cocker; ⇆ corruption; ⇆ contaminate; ⇆ crab; ⇆ damnify; ⇆ decay; ⇆ decomposition; ⇆ demoralization; ⇆ demoralize; ⇆ depravation; ⇆ depravement; ⇆ depravity; ⇆ deterioration; ⇆ disfeature; ⇆ flaw; ⇆ pervert; ⇆ fly‐blown; ⇆ turn; ⇆ make a hash of; ⇆ infect; ⇆ mar; ⇆ mess up; ⇆ mildewy; ⇆ muck; ⇆ nidorous; ⇆ pamper; ⇆ perish; ⇆ poison; ⇆ putrefy; ⇆ queer; ⇆ rot; ⇆ rotten; ⇆ rottenness; ⇆ ruin; ⇆ sophistication; ⇆ taint; ⇆ unsound; ⇆ vitiate; ⇆ vitiation |
| bry | ⇆ broth; ⇆ burr; ⇆ roll one’s R’s |
| kok | ⇆ cook; ⇆ cooky |