what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

== English == === Etymology === 1670s, figuratively using goose/gander for women and men, and literally meaning that the same sauce applies equally well to cooked goose, regardless of sex. Early forms include “as deep drinketh the goose as the gander” (1562) and similar “As well for the coowe calfe as for the bull” (1549). The expression appears in Dickens when a spy attempting to evade culpability insists, “For you cannot sarse the goose and not the gander.” === Proverb === what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite gender). One who treats others in a certain way should not complain about receiving the same treatment. ==== Synonyms ==== turnabout is fair play ==== Antonyms ==== quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi (“Gods may do what cattle may not”) ==== Derived terms ==== what's good for the goose is good for the gander sauce for the goose ==== Descendants ==== French: sauce bonne pour l'oie est bonne pour le jars ==== Translations ==== === References ===