Sentence examples similar to scratch someone's back from inspiring English sources

'Exposed-to-wind' is a sickness that is believed to result from too much exposure to wind, and can be cured by rubbing someone's back with oil and then scratching it with a coin.

Don't be afraid of office politics; "scratching" someone else's back an in order to have yours "scratched" could be a very good thing.

He was scratching our labrador retriever's back.

Why start a company from scratch when someone's already figured out the business model?

Wait a minute, scratch that it was back in 2006.

Someone was screaming back.

That's just fine, this is more than enough for now, and quite frankly, it's about time someone scratched Peter Gabriel's back, his continuing to be one of the finest yet under-appreciated artists of our time.

You know, someone's got hepatitis and they've got a cat and that scratches you?

Weeks later, buyers were back to scratching each other's eyes out.

If someone is drinking water, back up.

I felt for sure someone was going to scratch the car.