fair's fair

fair's fair

An expression appealing for, or agreeing to, just treatment

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Main Entry: ↑fair

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fair’s fair spoken phrase

used for saying that someone should accept something because it is fair

Fair’s fair, I had the car yesterday so you can have it today.

Thesaurus: fair and reasonable_synonym

Main entry: fair

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informal used to request just treatment or assert that an arrangement is just

Fair's fair-we were here first

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fair's fair

informal

— used to say that something was done or should be done because it is fair

Fair's fair: I washed the dishes yesterday, so it's your turn to do them today.

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Main Entry: ↑fair

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fair's ˈfair idiom

(informal) (BrE also fair ˈdos/ˈdo's) used, especially as an exclamation, to say that you think that an action, decision, etc. is acceptable and appropriate because it means that everyone will be treated fairly

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Fair's fair— you can't expect them to cancel everything just because you can't make it.

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Come one, fair dos— you've had your chance, now let me try.

Main entry: ↑fair_idiom