What's sauce for the goose (is sauce for the gander).

British, American & Australian, old-fashioned, 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.

• thinking man's crumpet
• thinking woman's crumpet
• think long and hard
• think nothing of
• think nothing of doing something
• think nothing of something
• think on feet
• think on your feet
• think out loud
• think outside the box
• think over
• think positive
• think something over
• think something through
• think straight
• think-tank
• think the sun shines out arse
• think the sun shines out backside
• think the sun shines out of arse
• think the sun shines out of backside
• think the sun shines out of someone's arse
• think the sun shines out of someone's backside
• think the sun shines out someone's arse
• think the sun shines out someone's backside
• think the world of