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fair shake of the sauce bottle

fair shake of the sauce bottle

9.9
A fair chance to take part or succeed
  • idiom
  • Australian
translation icon : una oportunidad justa
  • Everyone should get a fair shake of the sauce bottle when it comes to promotions.

Examples

  • The policy is meant to ensure a fair shake of the sauce bottle for all employees.

  • He argued that his team never had a fair shake of the sauce bottle in the competition.

  • Everyone deserves a fair shake of the sauce bottle in life.

  • Did you give him a fair shake of the sauce bottle during the meeting?

  • Everyone deserves a fair shake of the sauce bottle when it comes to job opportunities.

  • The new rules were created to ensure that every participant gets a fair shake of the sauce bottle in the selection process.

  • In this project, the team aimed to provide a fair shake of the sauce bottle so that all voices were heard.

Synonyms

level playing field
vsfair shake of the sauce bottle
21 3.5

A situation where everyone has the same fair chance to succeed

is a vivid idiomatic plea for individual opportunity rather than neutral description
fair shake
vsfair shake of the sauce bottle
  • Informal
16 6.0

An equal chance to succeed and be treated the same as others

is the longer colorful idiom used to request equal opportunity
fair playing field
vsfair shake of the sauce bottle
1 3.3

A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages

is a colorful personal plea form rather than a neutral situation
fair suck of the sav
vsfair shake of the sauce bottle
  • Australian
9.9

An equal chance to take part or benefit

is a longer image phrase that expresses the same demand
fair suck of the sauce stick
vsfair shake of the sauce bottle
  • Australian
9.9

To ask for everyone to have an equal chance

is the alternative bottled-image form with the same request
fair suck of the pineapple
vsfair shake of the sauce bottle
  • Australian
9.9

An even chance for everyone to take part

is the longer imagery-based variant used in casual speech

Antonyms

unfair
497 1.0

Not treating people the same or following the rules

inequitable
4 8.0

Not fair when people or groups do not get the same treatment

How Fair

fair shake of the sauce bottle
  • Australian
9.9
share
667 1.6
to portion
3 3.0
nonparticipating
  • Specialized
6.7

Surface Forms

fair shake of the sauce bottle singular
fair shakes of the sauce bottle plural

Morphology

fair + shake + of + the + sauce + bottle

The constituents 'fair' and the image of a 'shake' from a 'sauce bottle' do transparently evoke the idea of a fair amount or share, so a learner could plausibly infer a literal sense of receiving an equitable portion. However, the phrase is a regional/colloquial metaphor whose extension to 'an opportunity to participate or succeed' is idiomatic and culturally specific, so the precise pragmatic meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Fair shake of the sauce bottle may come from a simple table scene: when people pass a bottle of sauce, each person gets a quick shake to get some from the sauce bottle. If someone did not get a fair shake of the sauce bottle, they missed an equal turn, so today the phrase means 'a fair chance' or 'an equal share'.