Meaning of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours in the LingoTies English Dictionary

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours [idiom]

Help someone back who has helped you

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - لطف کسی را جبران کردن

Example:

Ali: Sue, would you please give me a hand with my math homework? Sue: Sure, I’ll do it if you promise to help me with the housework later. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yoursspoken used to say that you will help someone if they agree to help you

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

informal

used to tell someone that if they help you, you will help them

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours

phrase

People say 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' to mean that one person helps another on condition that the second person helps them in return.

[informal]

American English

British English

B1 (Intermediate)

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