dog eat dog

Alternative forms

 * dog-eat-dog

Etymology
From +  +. From Latin, from “canis caninam non est" ("a dog does not eat the flesh of a dog").

Adjective

 * 1) Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.
 * In this company it's dog eat dog. If you don't do better than the rest, you're on the street in next to no time.

Synonyms

 * every man for himself
 * kill or be killed

Translations

 * Arabic: قَانُون الغَابَة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 狗咬狗
 * Czech: podle zákona džungle
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:
 * Greek: κλέψας του κλέψαντος
 * Hungarian: farkastörvény
 * Japanese: 食うか食われるか - literal translation: Eat or be eaten.
 * Latin: canis canem edit
 * Russian: - literal translation: The law of jungle.