«شَيِّلْنِي وَاشَيِّلَكْ»

The saying portrays a reciprocal bargain in which each party helps the other haul away a load. The implied load is spoil: something being taken, used up, or plundered for personal gain, with each helper expecting the same service in return.

Its sting lies in the complicity it exposes, not in ordinary friendly cooperation. Those involved cooperate in grabbing a benefit and agree, openly or tacitly, to ignore what the others are taking, so mutual silence protects everyone's share.

Use it critically to describe people who join forces to exploit or loot something and mutually overlook each other's gains, such as insiders quietly dividing up a shared resource. It disapproves of the arrangement and is not a neutral call for mutual aid.