What's sauce for the goose

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What's sauce for the goose (is sauce for the gander). (British, American & Australian old-fashioned) also What's good for the goose (is good for the gander). (American & Australian old-fashioned)

something that you say to suggest that if a particular type of behaviour is acceptable for one person, it should also be acceptable for another person If your husband can go out with his friends, then surely you can go out with yours. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

See cook goose, kill the goose that lays the golden egg

See also: goose, sauce

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