have one's cake and eat it too
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have one's cake and eat it too
- (idiomatic) 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).
- It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!
Usage notes
- This expression is usually found in some form of the proverb: You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Translations
to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible
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