Of course I want to eat it too, what good is cake if you can't eat it???
2006-07-27 04:50:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
No, it means you want to eat it but still have it. You can either have the cake or eat the cake (after which, you no longer have the cake, right?). It just means you want to do something but not have to deal with the consequences.
Oh, and it's got nothing at all to do with the saying "let them eat cake." Except, you know, both mention cake.
2006-07-27 04:53:25 · answer #1 · answered by effin drunk 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's trying to say you can't have it both ways. But, it doesn't make sense to me either. If I have a cake, I can eat it too, that's why I got it, am I right? If I can't eat it what am I going to do with it? Stupid sayings!!
2006-07-27 04:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by Coco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is from the French Revolution. Supposedly, when Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving because they didn't even have bread, she responded, "Let them eat cake." Wanting your cake and eating it too means that you want everything and when someone says it to you, it usually means they think you are being selfish and want too much. (Kind of what the French peasants thought of Marie Antoinette)
2006-07-27 04:57:05 · answer #3 · answered by PuttPutt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a phrase let's say you are married and you have a girlfriend too they would say your having your cake and eating it too. That is not very good.
2006-07-27 05:02:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means you can't have things both ways. To have cake is great but one you eat it, it is gone and then you don't have cake any longer.
2006-07-27 04:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you want both sides of the coin. For example, you have two things occuring at the same time and you want to go to both of them. Quite impossible, but you want to save your cake and eat it. Impossible
2006-07-27 04:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by mlm1975 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like when the queen said 'let them eat cake' and everyone's like "we don't have any cake" but she just thought they weren't eating it.
2006-07-27 04:55:57 · answer #7 · answered by Demon of hand-writing analysis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have your cake and eat it
to have or do two things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time:
You can't have your cake and eat it - if you want more local services, you can't expect to pay less tax.
2006-07-27 06:19:19 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Ms. Heart♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree what good is cake if you can't eat it!
Dieters probably have something to do with this phrase's popularity.
2006-07-27 04:55:59 · answer #9 · answered by Caffeinated 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 points
2006-07-27 04:52:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋