what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
old-fashioned sayingDefinition
› said to emphasize that if one person is allowed to do something or to behave in a particular way, then another person must be allowed to do that thing or behave in that way, tooBehaving, interacting and behaviour
(Definition of what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -behaved suffix
- -ism suffix
- -mannered suffix
- act verb (PERFORM)
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attitude noun (OPINION)
- bearing noun (MANNER)
- bedside manner noun
- behave verb
- behaviour noun
- example noun (BEHAVIOUR)
- interact verb
- manner noun (BEHAVIOUR)
- mannerism noun
- table manners noun
- treat verb (DEAL WITH)
- treatment noun (DEALING WITH)
- turn sth on phrasal verb
- way noun (MANNER)
- yourself pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
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