YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS

Meaning of YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS in English

( saying ) used to say that if sb helps you, you will help them, even if this is unfair to others

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOURS — one hand washes the other, doing a favor for someone so as to receive a favor back from him
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCRATCH — I. ˈskrach verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: blend of scrat (I) and obsolete English cratch to scratch; obsolete English cratch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCRATCH — — scratchable , adj. — scratchably , adv. — scratcher , n. — scratchless , adj. — scratchlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRATCH — I. ˈskrach verb Etymology: Middle English scracchen, probably blend of scratten to scratch and cracchen to scratch Date: 15th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCRATCH — vt to write or draw hastily or awkwardly. 2. scratch ·noun a kind of wig covering only a portion of …
Webster English vocab
SCRATCH — [scratch] vb [ME scracchen, prob. blend of scratten to scratch and cracchen to scratch] vt (15c) 1: to scrape or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCRATCH — scratch BrE AmE skrætʃ ▷ scratched skrætʃt ▷ scratches ˈskrætʃ ɪz -əz ▷ scratching/s ˈskrætʃ ɪŋ/z ▶ ˈ scratch ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCRATCH — / skrætʃ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb RUB WITH YOUR NAILS 1. scratch (at sth) to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRATCH — I. scratch 1 S3 /skrætʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from scrat 'to scratch' (13-19 centuries) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCRATCH — v., n., & adj. --v. 1 tr. score or mark the surface of with a sharp or pointed object. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCRATCH — v., n., & adj. v. 1 tr. score or mark the surface of with a sharp or pointed object. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCRATCH — v., n., & adj. --v. 1. tr. score or mark the surface of with a sharp or pointed object. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SCRATCH — ( scratches, scratching, scratched) 1. If you scratch yourself , you rub your fingernails against your skin because it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRATCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cat scratches sb ▪ If a cat gets angry, it may scratch you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCRATCH — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , long , nasty ▪ light , little , minor , slight , small ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCRATCH — 1. (From "scratchpad") Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; one …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SCRATCH — v. 1 mar, mark, gouge (out), gash, abrade, graze, scuff, grate against, bruise, damage, injure; claw If you glue some …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SCRATCH — 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; …
Jargon File English vocabulary
SCRATCH
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
SCRATCH — I сущ. сл. сатана (с определенным артиклем с заглавной буквы, чаще Old scratch) II 1. сущ. 1) а) царапина; перен. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCRATCH — 1) зацарапать 2) крацевальный 3) склерометрический 4) царапание 5) царапина • Mohs' scratch hardness — твердость по шкале Моса scratch a plaster coat — насекать намет штукатурки scratch …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SCRATCH — 1. skrætʃ n 1. 1> царапина a scratch on the face on fresh paint, on a silver tray - царапина …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SCRATCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) царапина; небольшая драка - get off with a scratch б) почесывание, расчесывание в) царапанье, скрип ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SCRATCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) царапина; небольшая драка - get off with a scratch б) почесывание, расчесывание в) царапанье, скрип (особенно о звуке паузе при проигрывании …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SCRATCH — _I Scratch _n. Old scratch - дьявол _II 1. _n. 1> царапина; to get off with a scratch - отделаться …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SCRATCH — I Scratch n. Old scratch - дьявол II 1. n. 1. царапина; to get off with a scratch - отделаться …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SCRATCH — 1. _n. 1> царапина; to get off with a scratch отделаться царапиной; легко отделаться 2> росчерк; пометка; каракули; a scratch …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SCRATCH — I n AmE sl 1) She had plenty of scratch being the bank president's daughter — У нее было полно денег, поскольку …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SCRATCH — I n AmE sl 1) She had plenty of scratch being the bank president's daughter — У нее было полно …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SCRATCH — scratch n AmE sl 1. She had plenty of scratch being the bank president's daughter У нее было полно денег, …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SCRATCH — I 1) She had plenty of scratch being the bank president's daughter — У нее было полно денег, поскольку она …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SCRATCH — I сущ. сл. сатана (с определенным артиклем с заглавной буквы, чаще Old scratch) II 1. сущ. 1) а) царапина; перен. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOU
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
I
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOURS — imo;sa imo
English-Visayan vocabulary
YOURS — pronoun, singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English, from your + -s -'s Date: 1526 that which belongs to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LL — abbreviation limited liability, lower left
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
'LL — verb Date: 1578 will
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
YOURS — I. pronunciations at your II ( except first )+z pronoun Etymology: Middle English yours, youres, from your + -s, -es, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
'LL — I. (ə)l, ə l verb Etymology: by contraction : shall , will I' ll leave it to you — Noel …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LL — abbreviation 1. leaves 2. [Latin leges ] laws 3. lines
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LL — abbreviation 1. large letter 2. leased line 3. lending library 4. limited liability 5. live load 6. often not capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YOURS — (pron.) See the Note under Your.
Английский словарь Webster
YOURS — ( pron. ) See the Note under Your.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOURS — /yoorz, yawrz, yohrz/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as a predicate adjective): Which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LL — 1. Late Latin. 2. Low Latin. Also, L.L.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
'LL — 1. a contraction of will: I'll answer the phone. He'll pay the check. What'll we do? 2. contraction of till …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YOURS — pron. belonging to you
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
YOURS — pronoun, singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English, from your + -s -'s Date: 1526 : that which belongs …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LL — 1. limited liability 2. lower left
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LL — lines
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
'LL — verb Date: 1578 : will you 'll be late
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BACK
Webster English vocab
YOURS — [yours] pron, sing or pl in constr [ME fr. your + -s -'s] (1526): that which belongs to you--used without …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LL — [ll] abbreviation lines LL abbreviation lending library, limited liability, lower left
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YOURS — yours BrE AmE jɔːz jʊəz AmE \ jʊ ə rz jɔːrz, joʊrz — Preference poll, British English: jɔːz 75%, jʊəz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
'LL — 'll ə l, əl —Following a word other than a pronoun, this contracted form is pronounced as a separate syllable, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
YOURS — / jɔːz; NAmE jərz; jɔːrz; jʊrz/ pronoun 1. of or belonging to you : Is that book yours? Is she …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOURS — yours S1 W3 /jɔːz $ jɔːrz/ BrE AmE pronoun [possessive form of ‘you’] 1 . used when speaking or writing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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