fair suck of the sav
- idiom
- Australian
:
una oportunidad justa
- Everyone deserves a fair suck of the sav!
Examples
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Management promised staff a fair suck of the sav when deciding bonuses this year.
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It's important that everyone gets a fair suck of the sav in these negotiations.
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I just want a fair suck of the sav like everyone else, not special treatment.
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Can we agree on a fair suck of the sav for all participants?
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It's crucial that all employees receive a fair suck of the sav during the job evaluation process.
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In our community, we believe everyone should get a fair suck of the sav when applying for grants.
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At the meeting, the manager emphasized the need for a fair suck of the sav for all team members.
Synonyms
46
5.3
Fair and equal treatment of people, for example at work or school
21
3.5
A situation where everyone has the same fair chance to succeed
16
6.0
An equal chance to succeed and be treated the same as others
To ask for everyone to have an equal chance
A fair chance to take part or succeed
An even chance for everyone to take part
Antonyms
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is an Australian colloquial idiom whose meaning ‘an equal chance’ cannot be reliably deduced from the literal meanings of 'fair', 'suck' and the obscure element 'sav' (the latter is not a transparent lexical item). Because the phrase is idiomatic and regionally colloquial, a B1 learner who knows the individual words would not predict the intended sense.
Etymology
Fair suck of the sav may come from people sharing a saveloy, a kind of sausage, at a fair. A fair suck meant everyone should get a turn to take a bite of the sav, so today it means 'a fair chance or share'.