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Idioms & Phrases
scratch someone's back
Do someone a favor in hopes that a favor will be returned. For example, I don't mind driving this time
she's scratched my back plenty of times. It also is put as you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, as in If you do the laundry I'll do the cookingyou scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. This idiom was first recorded in 1704.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Scratch someone's back
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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