You cant have your cake and eat it to.
2006-11-21 07:48:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
That your expectations go beyond what may be realized. You may get a portion of what you want, the cake, but being able to eat it is desiring too much or more than may be reasonably expected. Literally, if you are given a cake, you want it. If you eat it, it is gone, but you still want it.
You cannot HAVE your cake and eat it TOO.
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Here are examples, though perhaps not the best:
You love the garden, you want it year round.
You like being 23 years old (or whatever)
You love two women and want to marry them.
I think Tony P's notation of being mutually exclusive is the most concise description.
2006-11-21 07:50:55 · answer #1 · answered by gare 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're going to have to choose one of the options presented to you.
An example would be a woman and her wedding cake. She may be torn between eating the cake, and having it to look at. But, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
One options are mutually exclusive,
2006-11-21 15:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by Tony P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means...you can either have your cake, or eat your cake....if you eat it, then you won't have it anymore...hence: you can't have your cake and eat it too.
2006-11-21 15:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by cindyrose 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It simply means that you can't have things both ways. It is one thing , or the other. You have to compromise, you can't have all the benefits of two two things combined, but you have to make a choice of getting the most out of one choice.
2006-11-21 15:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take it to mean that you cant have it all ...... I mean you win a million bucks then you complain that it didnt come with a free B l o w -Job ..... I would say you cant have you cake and it it too .......
2006-11-21 15:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means that if you expend your resources on one project, they are no longer available for a different one.
2006-11-21 15:50:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't have it both ways. It's one or the other.
2006-11-21 15:52:31 · answer #7 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant HAVE anything if you eat it
'use or lose" (stuff like food gets stale/spoiled)
2006-11-21 19:56:37 · answer #8 · answered by ymicgee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't get everything that u wish for.
2006-11-22 13:47:36 · answer #9 · answered by bex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't always get what ya want
2006-11-21 15:50:18 · answer #10 · answered by sweetme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋