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idiom(what's) sauce for the goose (is sauce for the gander)old-fashioned used in order to say that if one person is treated in a particular way then you should treat other people in the same situation in the same way:Lawmakers shouldn't impose something on the country's capital that wouldn't apply in the rest of the country. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.Note This idiom sounds less old-fashioned if it is shortened or if people's names are used instead of 'goose' and 'gander':You have to think about what the children need. What's sauce for us isn't sauce for them.
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