What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander!
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).
Proverb
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
1. If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite sex).
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These geese were at the Raystede Animal Rescue Centre which we visited with my daughter, her husband and our grandson Robin. Needless to say he loved it! For more information about the Centre please visit www.raystede.org/education
What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander!
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).
Proverb
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
1. If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite sex).
For more information please visit
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what%27s_sauce_for_the_goose_is_sa...
These geese were at the Raystede Animal Rescue Centre which we visited with my daughter, her husband and our grandson Robin. Needless to say he loved it! For more information about the Centre please visit www.raystede.org/education