• many a man, many a one, many people
• there are lots of rumours in the air
• to be always hard at it
• there are lots of rumours in the air
• too many cooks spoil the broth
• to plough through a work
• many of the old scientific teachings were wrong
• to take a whale of a time to do sg
• many of the old scientific teachings were wrong
• excess, overmuch, too much, too much by half
• beau coup, beau-coup, beaucoup
• that's too much of a good thing