the devil take the hindmost

基本解释

As we struggled up the mountain in the dark, it was devil take the hindmost—each man was concerned only for his own safety.
当我们在黑暗中奋力往山上爬时，落后者遭殃—各人都只关心自己的安全。
The soldiers fled before the advancing enemy and let the devil take the hindmost.
士兵们在进逼的敌军面前纷纷逃窜，听任后面的人遭殃。
In an ideal world any government would vow that, next time, it will let the devil take the hindmost.
在一个理想的世界，任何政府都会郑重宣告，下一次，落后就要遭殃。

Once you breach that wall, God help you, and the devil take the hindmost.
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I'm a propagandist for the idea that if everybody says, "The devil take the hindmost, " the devil soon works his way to the head of the line.
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He had been able to design his own life and he built around it the ideal version of the university—interesting people, great books, global travel and a devil-take-the-hindmost attitude.
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