אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בָּלָעוּ, אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בְּלָעוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Each man would swallow his fellow alive

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: one harms another. One fights another.

("Rabbi Chanina the deputy high priest said: Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of it, each man would swallow his fellow alive" - Avot 3:2. Also: "The two pashas, the pasha of Damascus and the pasha of Akko, were constantly consumed with the fire of jealousy, in the manner of 'each man would swallow his fellow alive'" - Y. Burla / Longings, 16)