today you; tomorrow me

today you; tomorrow me
Cf. L. hodie mihi, cras tibi, today it is my turn, tomorrow yours.

a 1250 Ancrene Wisse (1962) 143 Ille hodie, ego cras. He to dei, and ich to marhen [he today, and I tomorrow].

1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. lxv. To day for thee, and to-morrow for me.

1855 C. KINGSLEY Westward Ho! II. i. To-day to thee, to-morrow to me.

1906 A. CONAN DOYLE Sir Nigel xv. ‘It is the custom of the Narrow Seas,’ said they: ‘To-day for them; to-morrow for us.’

1929 A. W. WHEEN tr. E. M. Remarque’s All Quiet on Western Front ix. ‘Comrade,’ I say to the dead man, but I say it calmly, ‘To-day you, to-morrow me.’


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