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Meaning of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS

you beaut
you beauty
you bet
you can keep it
you can talk
you can´t talk
you can´t win
you have the advantage of me
you know
you know what
you name it
you never know
you see
you wouldn´t read about it
you-all
you-know-who
you´d
you´ll
you´re
you´re telling me

WORDS THAT END LIKE YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS

after-hours
business hours
colours
concours
contours
favours
honours
hours
of ours
of yours
office hours
opening hours
ours
Respectfully yours
the small hours
Tours
twenty-four hours
up yours
velours
yours

Synonyms and antonyms of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

你帮我,我帮你搓背
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tú me rascas la espalda y yo te rasco la tuya
570 millions of speakers

English

you scratch my back and I´ll scratch yours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तुम मेरी पीठ खरोंच और मैं तुम्हारा खरोंच हूँ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كنت الصفر ظهري و أنا لك نقطة الصفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ты мне , и я буду моет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

você coça minhas costas e eu coço as suas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুমি আমার পেছন পেছন ছিঁড়ছো আর আমি তোমার স্ক্র্যাচ করব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vous me gratter le dos et je vous le revaudrai
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anda menggaru belakang saya dan saya akan menggaru anda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sie meinen Rücken zu kratzen , und ich werde Ihnen kratzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あなたは私の背中を傷つけると私はあなたを傷つけるでしょう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

내 등을 긁어 나는 당신 에 흠집 것
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampeyan ngeruk bali lan aku bakal ngeruk kowe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bạn đầu trở lại của tôi và tôi sẽ đầu của bạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீ என் முதுகில் ஓடுகிறாய் மற்றும் நான் உன்னுடைய கீறல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तू माझा पाठी खडबडून उभा आहेस आणि मी तुझे स्क्रॅच करणार आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sırtıma sıyrılıp beninkini keseceğim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

si gratta la mia schiena e io ti gratti la vostra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zarysowania moje plecy , a ja zarysować swoje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ти мені , і я буду миє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

te scarpini spatele meu și voi zgâria ta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξύνετε την πλάτη μου και εγώ θα σου το μηδέν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jy krap my rug en ek sal jou krap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

du kliar min rygg och så kliar jag dig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

du skraper ryggen min og jeg skal klø deg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS»

The term «you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours» is regularly used and occupies the 89.365 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS»

Discover the use of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
It's a case of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. scratch one's head kruaj koken □ He glanced at my acquaintance who was scratching his head in a faintly worried fashion. □ We have been scratching our heads for a solution to the ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Lexical Analysis: Norms and Exploitations
A different metaphor is the proverbial expression You scratch my back and I 'll scratch yours, which is not normally used literally to describe mutual relief of itching. Instead, the phraseology exploits the underlying image of people affording ...
Patrick Hanks, 2013
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The Fables of La Fontaine: Wisdom Brought Down to Earth
'YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS' Having looked briefly at the self-love which leads to mutual destruction, La Fontaine's monkey turns to the comic self-love of the vain and the weak who cling to one another and form ...
Andrew Calder, 2001
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Speak English Like an American: You Already Speak English-- ...
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours – if you do me a favor, I'll do you a favor; let's cooperate Example 1: I'll help you with your homework if you do the dishes. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Example 2: If I drive you into the city ...
Amy Gillett, 2004
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
It also is put as you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, as in Ifyou do the laundry I'll do the cooking—you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. This idiom was first recorded in 1704. scratch the surface Investigate or treat something ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals
RecipRocity: you scRatch my Back and i'll scRatch youRs The theory of reciprocal altruism was first proposed in 1971 by evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers. Trivers hypothesized that an individual might cooperate with or help another ...
Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce, 2009
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The Mentor: The True Story of an Hourly Factory Employee who ...
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. It goes on every day all over the world. " I said, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, sounds like most of the politicians I know." He said, "Well, that is often very true in politics. How a representative ...
Tim Hendricks, 2005
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Parenting Teenagers
In most cases, however, an adult is reluctant to carry through with the trade-off that this implies. The popular way of expressing the trade-off idea is, 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'. The problem here is that this implies the child must  ...
Bob Myers, 1995
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
... I've probably done it').* You pays your money and takes your choice All the available options are of approximately the same quality.* You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours An expression meaning that ifyou help a person do something ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Dictionary of Idioms
7 You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours If you help me, then I will help you in return: > 'I'm snowed under with work at the moment. Could you possibly give me a hand, Victoria?' asked Sarah. 'Yes, I'm fairly quiet at the moment, but perhaps ...
Martin H Manser, 2006

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours is used in the context of the following news items.
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You scratch his back, he'll scratch mine and I'll scratch yours: Why …
But this is not a simple case of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. If CEO A and CEO B sat on each other's boards and colluded to raise each other's pay, ... «Financial Post, Apr 15»
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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
Suppose you held in your hands a bunch of individuals from different species, sort of like a miniature Jumanji set. You have some cows, some bacteria, some ... «Phys.Org, Sep 13»

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