Every man for himself
Everyone must look after their own interests, without helping anyone else.
Đèn nhà ai nấy rạng.
Ai lo việc nấy, chẳng quan tâm đến người khác.
Every man for himself
Examples
When the company announced the layoffs, it was every man for himself.
Khi công ty thông báo cắt giảm nhân sự, ai cũng chỉ lo cho thân mình — đèn nhà ai nấy rạng.
As the boat started to sink, the crew forgot their training and it became every man for himself.
Khi con thuyền bắt đầu chìm, thủy thủ quên hết những gì đã được huấn luyện và ai lo thân nấy.
Topics
Related idioms
- Every man has his priceanother way to say it
- When the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatcheteasily confused
- Every Jack has his Jilleasily confused
- Every little helpseasily confused
- Throw someone under the bussame topic
- Take a back seatsame topic