What is good for the goose isn’t good for the gander?
What is good for the goose isn’t good for the gander?
The saying, “What is good for the goose is good for the gander.” states that something that is good for one should be good for all.
What’s good for the goose aint always?
It means: what’s good enough for one person is good enough for another. In online definitions I have seen it applied more literally, as: ‘what’s good enough for a woman is good enough for a man’ but I have never heard it used that way.
What does what’s good goose and gander mean?
If something is good for one person, it should be equally as good for another person; someone who treats another in a certain way should not complain if the same is done to them.
What is the origin of what is good for the goose?
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).
