Editing Goose (section)

=== Sayings and phrases that reference geese ===
* To "have a gander" is to look at something.
* {{anchor|sauce}} "What's good sauce for the goose is good sauce for the gander" or "What's good for the goose is good for the gander" means that what is an appropriate treatment for one person is equally appropriate for someone else.  This statement supporting equality is frequently used in the context of sex and gender, because a goose is female and a gander is male.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Warhol |first1=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkepQQWk-TQC&dq=%22sauce+for+the+goose%22+gender&pg=PA210 |title=Birdwatcher's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Advice, Insight, and Information for Enthusiastic Birders |last2=Schneck |first2=Marcus |date=2010-10-01 |publisher=Quarry Books |isbn=978-1-61059-399-1 |pages=210 |language=en}}</ref>
* Saying that someone's "goose is cooked" means that they are about to be punished.<ref name=":2" />
* The common phrase "silly goose" is used when referring to someone who is acting particularly silly.<ref name=":2" />
* "[[The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs|Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs]]", derived from [[Aesop's Fables]], is a saying referring to a greed-motivated action that destroys or otherwise renders useless a favourable situation that would have provided benefits over time.<ref name=":2" />
* "A wild goose chase" is a useless, futile waste of time and effort.  It is derived from a 16th-century horse racing event.<ref name=":2" />
* A raised, rounded area of swelling (typically a [[hematoma]]) caused by an impact injury is sometimes metaphorically called a "goose egg", especially if it occurs on the head.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Plummer |first1=Ellen S. |last2=Crary |first2=Shelley E. |last3=Buchanan |first3=George R. |date=2013 |title=Prominent forehead hematomas ("goose-eggs") as an initial manifestation of hemophilia |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=163 |issue=6 |pages=1781–1783 |doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.012|pmid=23968747 }}</ref>