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you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours proverb: if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.

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.
    • Everybody's hustling for a buck and a dime / I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine1974, “Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out)”, in John Lennon (lyrics), Walls and Bridges, performed by John Lennon

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours meaning in Hindi, Thai and Vietnamese

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in Hindi

if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
तू मुझको मैं तुझको tū mujhko ma͠i tujhko

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in Thai

if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
ยื่นหมูยื่นแมว yêun mŏo yêun maew

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in Vietnamese

if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
có qua có lại mới toại lòng nhau, có qua có lại

Forms of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

alternative formyou scratch my balls and I'll scratch yours

Questions about you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

What does you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours mean?
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours means if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.
What is you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in Hindi?
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in Hindi is तू मुझको मैं तुझको (tū mujhko ma͠i tujhko). See You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours?
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours is a proverb.

Words near you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in the dictionary

  1. you problem
  2. you problems
  3. you rang
  4. you said a mouthful
  5. you said it
  6. you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
  7. you see
  8. you should talk
  9. you shouldn't have
  10. you shouldn't talk
  11. you smelt it, you dealt it

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