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gen.	claw me; claw thee; a raven will not peck another raven's eye; a raven won't peck another raven's eye; a wolf will not eat wolf; a wolf won't eat wolf; one good turn for another; scratch one's back; Scratch my back and I will scratch yours; backscratching; claw me and I will claw thee (букв.: почеши меня, а я почешу тебя); claw me and I'll claw thee (букв.: почеши меня, а я почешу тебя)
Gruzovik, proverb	crooks always cover up for each others
idiom.	tit for tat (Andrey Truhachev); claw me and I will claw you; you roll my log and I'll roll yours; wolf won't eat wolf (Yeldar Azanbayev); wolf will not eat wolf (Yeldar Azanbayev)
Makarov.	one barber shaves another gratis
proverb	one hand washes the other (Olga Okuneva); one hand washes another (or the other); one hand washes another and both the face; scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; roll my log and I'll roll yours; claw me and I will claw thee; ka me, ka thee; you play my game and I'll play yours (contrast: one hand will not wash the other for nothing); claw me, and I will claw thee (дословно: Похвали меня, и я похвалю тебя); you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; scratch my back and I shall scratch yours; you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours (Yeldar Azanbayev)
saying.	one hand rubs another (Val_Ships); one hand washes the other, and both wash the face (Val_Ships)
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Gruzovik, fig.	Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
saying.	Claw me and I'll claw thee (Leonid Dzhepko); you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. (Novoross)

рука руку моет: 31 phrases in 7 subjects

American usage, not spelling	2
General	6
Idiomatic	1
Makarov	8
Material safety data sheet	1
Medical	1
Proverb	12