for a Goose is Sauce for a Gander. 1894 BLACKMORE Perly-cross III. v. A proverb of
large equity.. declares.. that ‘sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander’. This maxim is
pleasant enough to the goose. 2002 National Review 28 Jan. 39 To buttress his case, the
Russian leader pointed out that NATO itself had recently insisted that Macedonia
implement this same principle in behalf of its Albanian ethnic minority. What was sauce
for the Albanian goose was sauce for the Baltic gander. men and womensauce see also HUNGER is the best sauce.SAVE us from our friendsThe idea that friends may be more dangerous than professed enemies because precautions
are taken against the latter, whereas a friend is trusted, is an old one; cf. OVID Ars Amatoria I.
751 Non est hostis metuendus amanti. Quos credis fidos effuge: tutus eris, an enemy is not to
be feared by the lover. Shun those whom you believe friends; then you will be safe. Both this
short form and the expanded form represented by quot. 1604 are found.
1477 A. WYDEVILLE Dicts. of Philosophers 127 Ther was one that praied god to
kepe him from the daunger of his frendis. 1585 Q. ELIZABETH in J. E. Neale Elizabeth I
& her Parliament (1957) iv. There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let
me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend, good Lord deliver me. 1604 J.
MARSTON Malcontent IV. ii. Now, God deliver me from my friends.. for from mine
enemies I’ll deliver myself. 1884 Railway Engineer V. 265 The old proverb, ‘Save us
from our friends’, may be well applied to the diligent gentlemen who..toiled through
labyrinths of reports since 1877, to dress up a few exaggerated cases against the.. brake.
1979 ‘S. WOODS’ Proceed to Judgement 140 Heaven save us from our friends! 2002
Washington Times 26 Mar. B5 ‘Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from
my enemies.’ So cried a famous French general to Louis XIV long before bridge was
invented. friendssave see also a STITCH in time saves nine.saved see a PENNY saved is a penny earned.say see DO as I say, not as I do; when in DOUBT, do nowt; what EVERYBODY says must
be true; HEAR all, see all, say nowt; what MANCHESTER says today, the rest of England says
tomorrow; NEVER say never; also SAID.