Idiom
eat one's cake and have it too
Meaning
Alternative form of have one's cake and eat it too.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You cannot eat your cake and have it too.”
“He wants to quit his job but keep the salary, but he cannot eat his cake and have it too.”
“The politician promised both lower taxes and increased public spending, failing to realize that one cannot eat one's cake and have it too.”
Examples
simple
“You cannot eat your cake and have it too.”
contextual
“He wants to quit his job but keep the salary, but he cannot eat his cake and have it too.”
complex
“The politician promised both lower taxes and increased public spending, failing to realize that one cannot eat one's cake and have it too.”
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