What does the saying "What's good for the goose is good for the gander," mean?

Answer 1

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Well a gander is a group of geese. So the saying means, if it is good for one person, its good for everyone.

Answer 2

It's along the same lines of "If you can't take it, don't dish it out."
It means that, whatever you do to someone else, you should be willing to have it happen to you.
It's usually used when you do something bad to someone and then something bad happens to you. If you complain that something bad happened to you, they might say, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander," meaning that you got the same thing that you gave.
By the way, a "gander" is a male goose, not a group of geese.

Answer 3

It is usually used when talking about a relationship between two people, typically a relationship like a marriage. It means that what is ok for one member of the relationship to do is ok for the other to do as well. For example if the male in the relationship likes to hang out with his guy friends, stay out late, and come home drunk then it should be ok for his wife to do so also.

Answer 4

Basically if you can do it I can too! : )

Answer 5

A gander is not a group of geese. That's a gaggle. (Not sure what drugs Jessica is on.)

The gander is the male goose, so it means that the rules that apply for one person in a relationship apply for both.

Answer 6

means whatevers good for me is good for you too

Answer 7

whats good for me is good for you....whats good for one,is good for all....ever which way you wanna take it!!!! of course if it is bad for you then its bad for me too....

Answer 8

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander


What is good for a man is equally good for a woman; or, what a man can have or do, so can a woman have or do. This comes from an earlier proverb, “What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."

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http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/whatsgoodfo…

Answer 9

What's good for one person it's good for the other!!!