fair and square

Meaning: Honest(ly).

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

Origin: In this expression, "square" means "right," or "not crooked."

More idioms — Daily Life

• get someone a fair shake — To give someone or something a chance to prove itself.
• fair to middling — Average; neither good nor bad.
• fall by the wayside — To drop out of the situation.
• fall for something — To be deceived or believe an unlikely story.
• fall for someone — To be in love with a person.
• fall off the wagon — To lose control of oneself and engage in a compulsive behavior.

More English idioms

• fall on deaf ears — To be heard but ignored, or to be heard but to have no effect.
• feather one's nest — To build up one's riches, usually quietly and perhaps by some unethical method (sentence…
• far cry from something — Much less than what was expected or anticipated.
• feel something in one's bones — To sense something without being able to see, hear or feel it; to have a premonition.
• feel the pinch — To have less money than one used to have, and less than one feels is necessary.
• feather in one's cap — An exceptional achievement.

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