fair suck of the sauce stick
- idiom
- Australian
:
una oportunidad justa
- Let’s make sure every candidate gets a fair suck of the sauce stick in the interview process.
Examples
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We all deserve a fair suck of the sauce stick in this competition.
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She felt she hadn't been given a fair suck of the sauce stick during the discussion.
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Everyone deserves a fair suck of the sauce stick when it comes to promotions at work.
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Can't we just get a fair suck of the sauce stick here?
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Everyone deserves a fair suck of the sauce stick when it comes to promotions at work.
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Let’s make sure every candidate gets a fair suck of the sauce stick in the interview process.
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We all deserve a fair suck of the sauce stick in this competition.
Synonyms
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An equal chance to succeed and be treated the same as others
An equal chance to take part or benefit
A fair chance to take part or succeed
An even chance for everyone to take part
It is right to give someone credit for what they did
Antonyms
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
fair + suck + of + the + sauce + stick
This is a colloquial, culture-specific idiom (often as 'fair suck of the sauce bottle') whose overall meaning 'give a fair go / fair treatment' cannot be derived from the literal senses of 'suck', 'sauce' and 'stick'. Although 'fair' signals equity, the rest of the phrase is metaphorical and opaque to learners who have not encountered the idiom, so knowledge of the constituents is insufficient to predict the meaning.
Etymology
The expression fair suck of the sauce stick may come from people sharing a sauce bottle at a meal. Asking for a fair suck of the sauce stick meant asking for a fair turn to take some sauce, so today it means 'equal chance' or 'fair treatment'.