🪪 See Sauce for the Goose: The Quirky Nature of Tit-for-Tat
Sauce for the Goose, Sauce for the Gander 🦢
Meaning: What’s good for one person is equally good for another. This expression promotes equality and consistency in all circumstances and decisions.
Synonyms & Related Phrases:
- Tit for tat
- What’s fair is fair
- Equal treatment
Antonyms:
- Double standards
- Unfairness
Humorous Quotes:
- “If it’s sauce for the goose and the gander, maybe they should just have a BBQ together!” — W.T. Wittywords
Proverbs & Expressions:
- “Turnabout is fair play.”
- “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
Literature, Books, Songs, Poetry, and Movies:
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Revenge plot, tit-for-tat scenarios)
- Payback (movie)
- “Eye for an eye, and the whole world goes blind” — attributed to Mahatma Gandhi
Cliché Exploration
Let’s dive into the ocean of clichés that swim within the folds of our everyday conversations, and see how this once sensible advice morphed into overused scorchers:
Related Idioms:
- Tit for tat—You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, but also if you poke me, I’ll poke you back!
- Turnabout is fair play—Essentially karma without the metaphysics.
- What goes around, comes around—Almost sounds like merry-go-round wisdom.
Inspirational Thought
“Equality doesn’t mean sameness. It means everyone gets what they need—and sometimes, they share a metaphorical sauce.”
Quizzes!
### What's an equivalent expression to "Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander"?
- [x] Turnabout is fair play
- [ ] There's always a bigger fish
- [ ] You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- [ ] Jumping on the bandwagon
> **Explanation:** "Turnabout is fair play" means everyone should be treated the same way, mirroring the idea of equal sauce for all.
### Which of these means achieving balance or equality?
- [ ] Jumping the shark
- [ ] Holding a candle
- [x] Tit for tat
- [ ] Picking low-hanging fruit
> **Explanation:** "Tit for tat" refers to reciprocal actions ensuring equality—a tickling equivalence of sauces.
### True or False: "Sauce for the goose" implies inconsistency in behavior.
- [ ] True
- [x] False
> **Explanation:** False! "Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander" implies consistency, equality, and fairness.
“Until next time, may your life be as balanced as sauce shared between a goose and a gander.” — W.T. Wittywords
