it's every man for himself; everyone cares most about their own business
eş: każdy kraje chleb do siebie
köken: Literally, “everyone grates their own turnip”; a line spoken by the Councillor's Wife in Act 1 of The Wedding by Stanisław Wyspiański: : Wyście sobie, a my sobie. Każden sobie rzepkę skrobie. :: You unto yourselves, and we unto ourselves. Everyone grates their own turnip.
Każdy sobie jest kierownikiem. I każdy sobie rzepkę skrobie. Ale się uważamy za rodzinę. Jeden drugiemu pomaga.
köken: From proximus (“closest, nearest”) and egomet (“myself, I”) and mihi (“to me”) the dative of ego (“I”). Literally meaning "the closest one to me is me myself", "I am the one who is closest to myself" or "I myself am closest to myself".
used to describe a situation in which everyone has to take care of himself: every man for himself; devil take the hindmost; etc
köken: Compound of ตัว (dtuua, “body; self”) + ใคร (krai, “which person; what person”) + ตัว (dtuua, “body; self”) + มัน (man, “him”), literally “the body of which person belongs to that person himself”.