it takes a village

Reference to the scale of a difficult task. Name of a book by Hillary Clinton in reference to raising her daughter.

Also, how many people it will take to clean up the mess George W. Bush made in Iraq.

George W. Bush is an idiot. It takes a village to make him realize that.

by sukebe December 9, 2008

It takes a village

When a woman is having an orgy with five guys and all of them are dressed like a member of the village people

Susan knows “it takes a village” to have a good time but the Indian took it too far.

by David Gambrel June 17, 2022

It takes a baby to raise a village

A more humorous butchering of the common cliche, “It takes a village to raise a baby”. You can use it to playfully make fun of your friends when they mix metaphors or butcher common idioms (see example below) and chances are they won’t notice it.

Me: Yo Derrick, my dog won’t stop pissing on the carpet again
Derrick: For all intensive purposes, you should probably nip that behavior in the butt before he does it again
Me: Well you know what they say, Derrick: it takes a baby to raise a village, after all

by genghiskhondom January 24, 2026

It takes a baby to raise a village

A more humorous butchering of the common cliche, “It takes a village to raise a baby”. You can use it to playfully make fun of your friends when they mix metaphors or butcher common idioms (see example below) and chances are they won’t notice it.

Me: Yo Derrick my dog won’t stop pissing on the carpet again
Derrick: You should probably nip that behavior in the butt before he does it again
Me: Well you know what they say Derrick: it takes a baby to raise a village, after all

by genghiskhondom January 24, 2026