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

idiom

जो नियम एक पर लागू हो वही दूसरे पर भी लागू होना चाहिए

“what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander” का हिंदी में अर्थ है जो नियम एक पर लागू हो वही दूसरे पर भी लागू होना चाहिए. In English, it means what is right or allowed for one person should also be right or allowed for another, especially for a man as well as for a woman.

idiom
  1. 1

    what is right or allowed for one person should also be right or allowed for another, especially for a man as well as for a woman

    जो नियम एक पर लागू हो वही दूसरे पर भी लागू होना चाहिए

    • If he can come home late, so can she; what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
    • The rule must apply to seniors too, because what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

    Main word gander

  2. 2

    (old-fashioned, saying) what one person is allowed to do, another person must be allowed to do in a similar situation

    जो नियम एक पर लागू हो वही दूसरे पर भी लागू हो

    • If he can come home late, so can she — what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
    • The rules must be fair: what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

    Main word goose