scratch back

scratch someone's back

1. Lit. to scratch, usually with the fingers, the parts of someone's back that they cannot reach. Please scratch my back between my shoulder blades.

2. Fig. to do a favor for someone in return for a favor done for you. You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. We believe that the mayor has been scratching the treasurer's back.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
OlÍVia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Augustina	-	Ancient Roman
Desiderius	-	Late Roman
Gabriel	ga-bree-EL (French), GAH-bryel (Spanish), GAHP-ree-el (German), GAHB-ree-el (Finnish), GAY-bree-əl (English), GAHP-ryel (Polish)	French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian
Amber	['æmbə]
Sulaiman	-	Arabic, Indonesian, Malay