keep no more cats than can catch mice

Definición y Significado de "keep no more cats than can catch mice"

keep no more cats than can catch mice

used to suggest that one should not keep more resources, tools, or employees than are necessary to accomplish a task or objective, as it can be wasteful and inefficient

Proverb

Example

The manager only hired the number of employees necessary to complete the project, as she believed in the saying keep no more cats than can catch mice.