"To have your cake and eat it too". I'll like to know what people mean or try to say when saying this prhase. (Explain)
2006-08-26 17:05:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means that you can't have it both ways....you can either eat the cake or you can keep the cake..but you can't do both...
2006-08-26 17:08:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means you are trying to take advantage of a situation by attempting to exploit all of the possibilities. The phrase come from the idea that you would want to both save your cake for later and eat some of it now, which seems impossible. If you "had your cake and ate it, too" it means you have succeeded in exploiting the situation.
Hope that helps.
2006-08-27 00:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by hotstepper2100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a cake is putting temptation in front of your face. Do you give into that temptation (a bad one, like drinking, smoking, sex, money...) and put your hands all over the temptation and use it and possibly abuse it. Or do you ignore that temptation or get rid of it entirely, or give it to someone else.
My cake is food and credit cards. I just cut up my cards (got rid of the temptation) and stopped eating out and buy small amounts of good foods for my home (ignoring temptation and trying to take control of myself).
2006-08-27 00:13:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means they want more than their share
2- Your share and theirs also.
3-Everything yours, and theirs is really theirs.
4- An example would be if someone borrowed something from you and did not return it and showed up for another loan of the same thing.
They want something that will not last such as food but want it to be never ending.
2006-08-27 00:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you can't have anything you want. You must choose on of them: either your whole cake or to eat it!
2006-08-27 05:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by firefly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i will give a few examples
you want to have a lot of money but never work a day in your life
you are married and still want to sleep with other people
2006-08-27 00:12:37 · answer #6 · answered by Chell dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are saying to go eat your words and ur cake while ur at it
2006-08-27 00:11:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically it means, you can't marry a really hot chick with big b00bs and I tight a$$ and expect to get laid everyday.
2006-08-27 00:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by Chicken Jones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they really think.... they have really pulled off a swift move on something or somebody
2006-08-27 00:10:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive got diabetes so i cant eat cake nor talk about it
2006-08-27 00:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋