2006-08-14 13:03:35 · 17 answers · asked by Sally Pepsi 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The saying is actually "You can't eat your cake and have it too." Anybody can have cake and eat it, but you can't eat cake and still have it because you have eaten it. Suppose that you have a car. You need it to get to work so you can survive. Suppose that you also like to race that car and you total it. Now you cannot get to work and you will have a hard time surviving. You can't be responsible and careless at the same time and not expect consequences.
2006-08-14 13:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by kksay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it means having the best of both worlds. This saying contradicts the general perception that you've to lose something to gain something.
Having your cake and eating it too means that you ate your cake(good) but it is still there, its not over(even better!)
2006-08-14 13:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is an old saying which means you either have something still, or you use it then don't have it anymore. If I gave you a million dollars (which I couldn't do) and you spent it, then wanted to still have your million dollars...this would be like wanting to have your cake and eat it too.
2006-08-14 13:09:15 · answer #3 · answered by Dino4747 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The full saying is "you can't have your cake and eat it too." That means once you make a decision, it is one or the other, you can't have both.
2006-08-14 13:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The actual saying is " You can't eat your cake and have it too." Meaning Once something is gone, it's gone...
2006-08-14 13:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you cant have a cake and eat it, cuz if u're eating it then ur cake will dissapear into ur stomach. it means someone who is greedy and wants more and more
2006-08-14 15:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by Alan 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it means selfishness and greediness , wanting it all and then some , that insatiable need............. not contented with one's share
but also wants somebody else's share as well. Sign of gluttony, and envy and avarice or greediness from among the 7 deadly sins.
2006-08-14 13:44:19 · answer #7 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"wolde you bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?"
It is said of those in whom the hopeless pursuit of the unachievable is concomitant to the desire for the mutually exclusive.
2006-08-14 14:43:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In economics, there is a principal call "opportunity cost," which means that everything we gain costs us something else.
2006-08-14 14:23:02 · answer #9 · answered by Pressly M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it's an idiom meaning one is very selfish.
2006-08-14 13:07:18 · answer #10 · answered by Paul 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋