You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia
You can't have your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech.[1] The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. It can be used to say that one cannot have two incompatible things, or that one should not try to have more than is reasonable. The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrases "you can't have it both ways" and "you can't have the best of both worlds."
You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia English idiomatic proverb You can't have your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech. [ 1 ] The phrase literally means "you cannot simultaneously consume and retain possession of a cake", but the proverb is implying a simpler concept: Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. This reference is used in situations where one desires two incompatible things, or where one should not try to have more than is reasonable. The proverb's meaning is similar to the phra
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