The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
that's not fair
phrase: someone says these words (see more)
I say 'People can’t do things like this. If someone does something like this, he/she does something bad.'
If other people (in Australia) know about it, they will say the same because they all think about some things in the same way.
Many people in Australia think like this: At some times, someone wants something good to happen to them. Because of this, this person does something bad to someone else, not because this other someone did something bad. This is bad.
"Jesse only started here a month ago, and he's already got a promotion. That's just not fair."
"It's not fair if you give Jane help with her assignment, but you don't give Sasha help too."
"It's much easier to whip up a furore againast a non-traditional woman than against a man.' 'It's not fair, Tess. It's so, so wrong.' 'I know it's wrong. But it's the way it is."
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