- have cake and eat it too
- have (your) cake and eat it too
to do or get two good things at the same time.
I worked at home so I could raise my family and still earn money. It let me have my cake and eat it too.
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have cake and eat it too
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have your cake and eat it too — (US) (or Brit have your cake and eat it) : to have or enjoy the good parts of something without having or dealing with the bad parts They seem to think they can have their cake and eat it too by having excellent schools for their son without… … Useful english dictionary
have one's cake and eat it too — {v. phr.} To enjoy two opposite advantages. * /You can either spend your money going to Europe or save it for a down payment on a house, but you can t do both. That would be having your cake and eating it, too./ … Dictionary of American idioms
have one's cake and eat it too — {v. phr.} To enjoy two opposite advantages. * /You can either spend your money going to Europe or save it for a down payment on a house, but you can t do both. That would be having your cake and eating it, too./ … Dictionary of American idioms
have (your) cake and eat it (too) — to have or do two good things that it is usually impossible to have or do at the same time. He wants to have his cake and eat it. He wants the security of marriage and the excitement of affairs. You can t have your cake and eat it. If you want… … New idioms dictionary
have your cake and eat it too — have (your) cake and eat it too to do or get two good things at the same time. I worked at home so I could raise my family and still earn money. It let me have my cake and eat it too … New idioms dictionary
have your cake and eat it too — If someone wants to have their cake and eat it too, they want everything their way, especially when their wishes are contradictory … The small dictionary of idiomes
have your cake and eat it, too — have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways You want to spend your money and still have it. You can t have your cake and eat it, too! … English idioms
Have one's cake and eat it too — To wish to have one s cake and eat it too or simply have one s cake and eat it (sometimes eat one s cake and have it too) is to want more than one can handle or deserve, or to try to have two incompatible things. This is a popular English… … Wikipedia
have one's cake and eat it too — verb To seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use). Do you seriously want to break up with her and still have sex with her? You cant have your cake… … Wiktionary
have your cake and eat it too — If someone wants to have their cake and eat it too, they want everything their way, especially when their wishes are contradictory. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
