every man for himself

every man for himself
See also the later expanded forms in the next two proverbs (every man for himself, and devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, and God for us all).

c 1386 CHAUCER Knight’s Tale 1.1182 At the kynges court, my brother, Ech man for hymself, ther is noon oother.

1478 J. WHETLEY Letter 20 May in Paston Letters (1976) II. 427 Your moder..hath made her wyll, the wyche ye shall understond more when I com, for ther is every man for hym selff.

1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) (Scottish) 366 Every man for himself (quoth the Merteine).

1795 D. YANCEY Letter 6 June in Virginia Magazine of Hist. & Biography (1922) XXX. 224 The old adage might well be applied in many cases. Every man for himself.

1974 A. PRICE Other Paths to Glory II. vi. It was pretty much every man for himself. But I was hit quite early on.


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