fair suck of the sauce stick
- idiom
- Australian
:
una oportunidad justa
- I just want a fair suck of the sauce stick like everyone else on the team.
Examples
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Give her a fair suck of the sauce stick before you make your decision.
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He complained that he never gets a fair suck of the sauce stick at work.
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Can I get a fair suck of the sauce stick here?
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Everyone deserves a fair suck of the sauce stick!
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I just want a fair suck of the sauce stick like everyone else in the company.
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He complained that he never gets a fair suck of the sauce stick when it comes to promotions.
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Give her a fair suck of the sauce stick before you judge her performance.
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 saying fair suck of the sauce stick comes from the simple image of people passing a sauce bottle and taking a quick taste. To ask for a fair suck of the sauce stick was to ask for a fair turn, which is why the phrase now means 'an equal opportunity' or 'fair treatment'.