you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: əl əli yuyar, əl də üzü — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Bulgarian: ти на мене, аз на тебе (ti na mene, az na tebe) — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Chinese Mandarin: 互惠互利 (hùhuìhùlì) — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Chinese Mandarin: 滴水之恩,当涌泉相报 — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Finnish: vuoroin vieraissa käydään — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• French: on ne donne rien pour rien — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• French: on n'a rien pour rien — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• French: donnant donnant — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Galician: hoxe por min, mañá por ti — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• German: eine Hand wäscht die andere — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• German: von nichts kommt nichts — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Hebrew: שמור לי ואשמור לך — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Hebrew: יד רוחצת יד — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Hebrew: טובה תחת טובה — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Hindi: तू मुझको मैं तुझको (tū mujhko ma͠i tujhko) — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Hungarian: kéz kezet mos — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Hungarian: valamit valamiért — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Italian: una mano lava l'altra — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Japanese: 魚心あれば水心あり — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Eastern Mari: кид кидым мушкеш (kid kidym muškeš) — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Norwegian: du klør meg på ryggen, og jeg klør deg på ryggen — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Norwegian: du klør min rygg, og jeg klør din — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Polish: ręka rękę myje — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Polish: przysługa za przysługę — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Portuguese: uma mão lava a outra — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Romanian: o mână spală pe alta — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Romanian: serviciu contra serviciu — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Russian: услу́га за услу́гу (uslúga za uslúgu) — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Scottish Gaelic: am fear a thèid san droigheann dhomh, thèid mi san dris dha — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Slovak: ruka ruku myje — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Spanish: hoy por ti, mañana por mí — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Spanish: favor con favor se paga — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Swahili: mwosha huoshwa — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Swedish: tjänster och gentjänster — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Thai: ยื่นหมูยื่นแมว (yêun mŏo yêun maew) — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Vietnamese: có qua có lại mới toại lòng nhau — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
• Vietnamese: có qua có lại — if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor