The Vocabulary of Someone Else’s Area

jemandem ins Handwerk pfuschen — to botch around in someone’s trade. Duden defines it as sich in einem Bereich betätigen, für den ein anderer zuständig ist, to be active in an area for which someone else is responsible.

Viele Köche verderben den Brei. — Many cooks spoil the porridge.

das Kompetenzgerangel — a scramble over who is responsible

Zuständigkeitsbereiche abstecken — to stake out areas of responsibility, as one marks out ground with pegs

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