英语词汇“every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost

proverb Everyone should (or does) look after their own interests rather than considering those of others: in previous student flats she’d shared, it was every man for himself...

There were no staff left, it was every man for himself.
Around May 22 we were told we have to retreat, that it was every man for himself and we had to make a beeline for the coast.
We are working with the constant threat of one closure after another and it is every man for himself.

With allusion to a chase by the Devil, in which the slowest will be caught

See parent entry: man

单词	every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost
释义	every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost proverb Everyone should (or does) look after their own interests rather than considering those of others: in previous student flats she’d shared, it was every man for himself... There were no staff left, it was every man for himself. Around May 22 we were told we have to retreat, that it was every man for himself and we had to make a beeline for the coast. We are working with the constant threat of one closure after another and it is every man for himself. With allusion to a chase by the Devil, in which the slowest will be caught See parent entry: man
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