be fair

be fair

A call to treat someone fairly and sensibly. Oh, be fair—let your brother ride in the front seat for a change.
See also: fair
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌbe ˈfair!

(spoken) used to tell somebody to be reasonable in their judgement of somebody/something: Be fair! She didn’t even know you were coming today.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be fair!
  • for fair
  • fair and square
  • bid fair
  • make fair weather
  • with (one's) own fair hands
  • fair up
  • faired
  • fairing
  • fair off
References in classic literature
Under no circumstances could seven to one be fair. Also, he was angry, and there stirred in him the fighting beast that is in all men.
The Night Born
I would be fair and stately, with a bright star to shine And give a queenly air to this crimson robe of mine." And proudly she cried, "These fire-flies shall be My jewels, since the stars can never come to me." Just then a tiny dew-drop that hung o'er the dell On the breast of the bud like a soft star fell; But impatiently she flung it away from her leaf, And it fell on her mother like a tear of grief, While she folded to her breast, with wilful pride, A glittering fire-fly that hung by her side.
Flower Fables
'There are some charges which do not make sense, but it is the right of the government to make those charges, all I am asking for is for them to be fair.
I believe in my truth, innocence - Najib's recipe on dealing with so many charges
I think we must be fair to each other and I didn't talk badly.
Unacceptable! Ross slams Laszlo as Saints party stalls
What we want to achieve is a fair marketplace so we should be fair to businesses and consumers.
I don't fight battles I can't win -Sola Salako-Ajulo, founder of Consumer Advocacy Foundation Of Nigeria
"I am going to be fair to everybody (the players) - there are times to say things and times not to say things and at the moment I am not ready to go public with my decisions."
Mills delays naming who will earn deal
To be fair to Metcalfe, he hasn't just got a flair for management-speak and mollification.
Metcalfe stepping into the firing line
I try to be fair with all of them, even the ones I find it hard to form a relationship with, but nobody can win with all of them.
Head to head
No need to repeat the details here - that wouldn't be fair to Susan.
I've made mistakes.. I'm sorry; BGT SUPREMO HITS OUT AT CRITICS AND WHINGERS BUT ADMITS.
Did Details honestly think that the article would be fair? Accurate?
Already sensational
"I am concerned that all sides be fair and be seen to be fair," said Rev.
Synod speaker sparks debate
I firmly believe the Wiesenthal Center's potential exploitation of the poesie album to be fair. But the problem with the four factors is they are malleable enough to be crafted to fit either point of view.
"Fairest of them all" and other fairy tales of fair use
"It will be fair enough for people to say I am a flop if I've played 20 games or so, because that will mean I have been given a fair crack of the whip.
SPENCER: I'M NO FLOP
Guinier: I think it would be fair for a reader to take from my writing the genuine desire of a scholar and litigator to conceptualize the problem of voting discrimination.
Lani Guinier: 'I was nominated - and then the rules were changed.' (nominee to head Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department)(interview) (Cover Story)
Other managers have told me it's the same in their halls, but to be fair not all pensioners come four or five nights a week, so I never believe all I read in the media.
Your Views: Pensioners are conning us all