| Idiom | What's Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander |
|---|---|
| Example | If the girls team can't travel to the championship, neither should the boys team. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. |
| Meaning | a rule or method of treatment that applies to one person or group must also apply to others, especially your mate |
| Origin | A gander is a male goose, and according to this saying, what's appropriate for the female of the species is appropriate for the male, too. At first it may have been a call for equality between the sexes, but today "goose" and "gander" don't stand for "female" and "male" so much as any one person and another person. And "good" in this idiom can have a negative meaning. |
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