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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Do unto others before they do unto you.

English answer:

Get them before they get you

Added to glossary by serf
Oct 30, 2006 19:16
18 yrs ago
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English term

Do unto others before they do unto you.

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Is it like Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. OR kind of opposite:)
Responses
4 +11 Get them before they get you
4 +10 Opposite. It's a parody

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Get them before they get you

It's not quite the opposite, but a funny twist on the saying "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

As the Egyptian saying goes: Have them for breakfast before they have you for lunch!
:-)
Peer comment(s):
agree NancyLynn : I guess children of large families really get this one ;-)
1 min
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
1 min
agree Will Matter
5 mins
agree Mark Nathan
6 mins
agree Veronica Prpic Uhing
56 mins
agree conejo
1 hr
agree Ken Cox : aka preemptive strike
1 hr
agree JaneTranslates : Actually, it is pretty much the opposite. The original says to watch out for others; the parody says to watch out for yourself!//True, but the emphasis is on the attitude! Kudos and KudoZ to you.
1 hr
Thanks. I think it's not quite the opposite because the parody introduces an element of time "do this before they do that" while the original saying merely says how you should behave "treat other AS you would like them to treat you".
agree ErichEko ⟹⭐
6 hrs
agree Sophia Finos (X)
16 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 15 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Amen!"
+10
3 mins

Opposite. It's a parody

There is a shorter version: "Do others, or they'll do you", which makes it a bit more obvious, but they both mean the same thing.
Note from asker:
serf chose what came first, sorry :( and the charms of Egypt!
Peer comment(s):
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
0 min
Thank you.
agree jccantrell : yep, a paraphrase coming from the golden rule.
3 mins
Thank you.
agree Will Matter
5 mins
Thank you.
agree Mark Nathan
6 mins
Thank you.
agree Anna Maria Augustine (X)
27 mins
Thank you.
agree Veronica Prpic Uhing : Now I know it
55 mins
Thank you.
agree Ken Cox : in the same vein as 'live and let die'
1 hr
Thank you. And while we're on the subject of James Bond film titles, also "You Only Live Twice".
agree JaneTranslates : Sorry, Jack, I did mean to give you and Nesrin each an agree, but the comment I sent you was supposed to go to her. Don't know how serf's going to choose between two good answers! Cheers.
1 hr
Thank you. Nor do I.
agree ErichEko ⟹⭐
6 hrs
Thank you.
agree Sophia Finos (X)
16 hrs
Thank you.
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