Theseus
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Every man for himself (and the devil take the hindmost/and Devil take the hindmost).
Prov. Everyone has to fight for his or her own survival. (You can use this to describe an extremely competitive situation.)
--At first we tried to help each other study for the exam, but soon it was every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. --The inventors tried to collaborate, agreeing to share the profits from their invention, but they grew so suspicious of each other that each began to work separately, and devil take the hindmost. :devil:
--When the ship began to sink, it was every man for himself [particularly poignant in the light of the Costa Concordia cruise disaster].
Prov. Everyone has to fight for his or her own survival. (You can use this to describe an extremely competitive situation.)
--At first we tried to help each other study for the exam, but soon it was every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. --The inventors tried to collaborate, agreeing to share the profits from their invention, but they grew so suspicious of each other that each began to work separately, and devil take the hindmost. :devil:
--When the ship began to sink, it was every man for himself [particularly poignant in the light of the Costa Concordia cruise disaster].