Тянуть одеяло на свою сторону (фигурально)

[Татьяна К.]

Пожалуста, помогите перевести близко по смыслу поговорку "тянуть (перетягивать) одеяло на свою сторону", т.е. отвоевывать свои интересы.
Заранее всем спасибо.

[euromonik]

Everyone has an eye to his own interest.

Different strokes for different folks
(everyone has different interests and tastes)

[euromonik]

Или ещё одно:

devil take the hindmost
(everybody must look after their own interests or safety)

Пример использования:
The man's attitude was the devil take the hindmost and he never helped his friends when they needed help.

[nephew]

Every region in Canada started pulling the blanket over to its own side of the bed http://www.parl.gc.ca/35/Archives/committees352/ocea/evidence/32_97-04-15/ocea32_blk101.html