Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Barbier

Un barbier rase l'autre (French). Caw me and I'll caw thee. One good turn deserves another. One barber shaves another.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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