Turnabout is fair play In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "turnabout is fair play", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2022-04-01 01:04

Meaning of Turnabout is fair play

Turnabout is fair play proverb informal spoken

It is fair that everyone has the chance to do something.

Let him play basketball with us. Well, turnabout is fair play.

I think you shouldn't ban your child from admittance to the club. Come on, turnabout is fair play.

It is fair for someone to experience the suffering that they have caused others.

If you treat your friends like that, of course they do the same thing to you. Turnabout is fair play.

A: Steven, are you just gonna sit there and let her enact her revenge? B: Turnabout is fair play, guy.

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