you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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Essentially it is about the deal done between ourselves and our domestic animals — a "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" kind of a deal.
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2013
To retain any credibility, they need to be judged in keeping with some principle higher than "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours."
From Time Magazine Archive
And ... how do you Americans put it ... the practice of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, became the rule.
From Frigid Fracas by Reynolds, Mack
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