Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

English

Proverb

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

  1. If you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.
    • 1974, “Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out)”, in John Lennon (lyrics), Walls and Bridges, performed by John Lennon:
      Everybody's hustling for a buck and a dime / I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine

Translations

Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads