fair's fair
English
Alternative forms
Phrase
- An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.
- 2008, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life as We Knew it[1], Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN:
- "Okay," I said. "If we take turns with the dishes. I'm not going to do them all the time."
"Fair's fair," Matt said. "We rotate the dishes, and Jon and I do our own laundry."
Translations
fair is fair
References
- “fair”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “fair’s fair”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.