| 单词 | fair's fair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair's fair c. fair's fair: (reciprocal) fairness is called for; let's be reasonable; it's only right. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [phrase] > fairly > fairness is called for fair's fair1840 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. xii. 31 Fair is fair, work or play.] 1840 Burton's Gentleman's Mag. July 38 Fair's fair, old fellow, but double duty is too much for any one. 1898 S. J. Weyman Castle Inn xxiii. 231 No, but fair's fair, and if I am not in this, it is low. 1938 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship of Line ix. 118 Fair's fair..I'll spin a coin for it. 1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 161 ‘No, no,’ said Mr Green, with a sigh of noble resignation. ‘Fair's fair. They're your plums now.’ 2003 J. M. Coetzee Elizabeth Costello (2004) i. 14 Of course, fair's fair, men will have to set about reclaiming the Heathcliffs and Rochesters from romantic stereotyping too. < as lemmas |
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