eat one's cake and have it — have one s cake and eat it or eat one s cake and have it To have the advantage of both alternatives • • • Main Entry: ↑cake … Useful english dictionary
eat one's cake and have it too — {v. phr.} To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used in negative sentences. * /Roger can t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a job. You can t eat your cake and have it… … Dictionary of American idioms
eat one's cake and have it too — {v. phr.} To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used in negative sentences. * /Roger can t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a job. You can t eat your cake and have it… … Dictionary of American idioms
eat\ one's\ cake\ and\ have\ it\ too — v. phr. To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used in negative sentences. Roger can t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a job. You can t eat your cake and have it too.… … Словарь американских идиом
eat one's cake and have it too — use or spend something and still keep it He always wants to eat his cake and have it too and is never prepared to sacrifice anything … Idioms and examples
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 one's cake and eat it — or eat one s cake and have it To have the advantage of both alternatives • • • Main Entry: ↑cake … Useful english dictionary
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
Eat thay cake and have it too. — См. Знай себя, и того будет с тебя … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
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
