English

Proverb

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

1. What is good for a woman is equally good for a man; or, what a woman can have or do, so can a man have or do.
2. What is good for one type is equally good for another type, despite any irrelevant differences between the types.

References

1. ↑ John Heywood, The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood, 1562, "as+deep+drinketh+the+goose+as+the+gander" p. 82
2. ↑ John Lyly, Euphues and his England, 1579/1580, “as deepe drinketh the Goose as the Gander”, note on p. 377