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it's every man for himself idiom something that you say that means that everyone in a particular situation is trying to do what is best for themselves and no one is trying to help anyone else: 人不为己,天诛地灭(指在某种特殊场合,每个人都会尽力维护自己,而不会帮助他人) It might be a civilized place to shop at other times, but come the January sales, it's every man for himself.人们在购物时通常都能保持风度,一月大减价例外,这个时候,人不为己,天诛地灭。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unhelpful and Uncooperative awkward awkwardly awkwardness balky deterrent non-cooperation non-cooperative obstructionism obstructionist obstructive pre-emptive stiflingly stultifying stultifyingly unaccommodating uncooperativeness under your feetidiom unforthcoming unhelpful unhelpfully
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